| After receiving a BFA in Idaho,
Susan moved to Texas where she developed her blacksmithing
skills. Susan worked for Stanley Architects and Artisans,
a blacksmithing shop specializing in architectural ironwork.
During this time she also related her skills by teaching
basic blacksmithing to students at a local Waldorf school.
In 2000 Susan relocated to New England. She now focuses
on designing and creating custom metalwork out of her studio
in Stonington, Connecticut.
Susan has received the Connecticut Artist Fellowship Award
in Crafts and two residencies at the Vermont Sculpture Studio
from the Connecticut Commission on Arts and Tourism in partnership
with the Urban Artist’s Initiative. In the spring
of 2005 she traveled to Vechta, Germany, where she was one
of forty-two smiths invited to participate in Ferro 2005,
an international blacksmithing event organized by Master
Smith Alfred Bullermann. In 2004 Guild presented her with
the Emerging Artist Award and the Berkshire Blacksmiths
awarded her for Best of Show.She is an active member of
the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America, regional
blacksmithing organizations in New England, and The American
Craft Council.
Susan has shown her work nationally including The Kentucky
Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, Kentucky, The Museum
of Art and Science in Anchorage Alaska, The Worchester Center
for Crafts, Worchester, Massachusetts and the Alexey von
Schlippe Gallery of Art at the University of Connecticut.
Her work has also been featured in publications such as
“Contemporary Blacksmithing: Inside and Out”,
“Tea Pots: Makers and Collectors”, and “Stylish
Screens”.
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