meet the maker

SUSIE REDMAN

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I was involved in healthcare for much of my working life, first as a clinician and then as a university academic. But most of my spare time was spent gardening and making, designing Fair Isle-style knitting patterns and learning how to make textiles. Visiting galleries and museums from an early age informed my understanding of design, colour and sense of place. I set up my textile studio in 2016 and now weave full-time.

My traditional Swedish floor loom was a gift, and it led to a new career and weaving journey. I was on holiday at a friend’s idyllic house in rural Spain when I was introduced to a local artist who had her studio in a hilltop village. There, in the corner of her workshop, was the loom, left behind by its previous owner. When I heard that it was about to become firewood, there was no doubt in my mind that it had to come to Scotland. It arrived in carefully labelled pieces late one December night. I had to figure out how to put it together and then I needed to learn how to use it.