Susie freeman biography

Biography.
Susie Freeman studied Textiles and Fashion at Manchester Polytechnic and has an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art.
Susie Freeman studied at the Royal College of Art where she developed her signature transparent pocket technique.

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Susie Freeman's unique textile artworks containing thousands of pills to show our reliance on medicine

It was during her time as a postgrad student at the Royal College of Art, following Manchester School of Art where she had studied weaving, that she invented a knitted network of pockets using a monofilament thread: into each small transparent pocket, she dropped a tiny object before safely sealing them with a further row of knitting and repeating this to construct the cloth.

The trapped artefacts started as scraps of brightly coloured fabric and ribbon but Susie soon moved on to treasured shells, buttons, sequins and other precious finds as well as discarded pistachio shells, spices and dried herbs. At the same time, she explored different ways of using and showing these works by fashioning cowls, scarves and jackets. These wearable garments were very distinctive, selling at Chelsea Craft Fair and in galleries – and attracting an admiring, loyal following.

As her children grew up her strong ethical concerns for society found a voice through her friendship with Dr Liz Le

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Susie Freeman

"My activity as an artist can be described as that of trapping tiny objects in a delicate web of filament. Similarly, recent work considers how throughout our lives we collect and throw away, select and discard, objects which we feel are important or irrelevant. We keep things we feel say something about us, either because they change with the passing of time, or remain the same. My fabrics can present hundreds of objects in a single piece or focus on a small selection, making it possible to show similarities, contrasts, histories and developments.

"I often work collaboratively with a family doctor Liz Lee and we are joined for large scale commissions by artist David Critchley. Calling ourselves Pharmacopoeia we make artworks which illustrate medical issues. We are best known for Cradle to Grave, commissioned by The British Museum and currently on display in the museum’s Living and Dying exhibition. It has three linked narratives; a ‘pill’ diary, objects, and personal

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Meet Susie Freeman – WA’s very own Top Gun.

by Vanessa McCall.

At age 19 I was still figuring out what to do with my life. When Sue Freeman was 19, she was flying jets. Fast jets to be precise, as part of her fighter pilot training with the UK-based Royal Air Force (RAF).

Sue was born to military parents and originally hails from the United Kingdom. As a child, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to be when she grew up. However, that all changed in the 1990’s when, in her late teens, she read a UK newspaper article announcing that women would be allowed to fly fast jets in combat. Sue thought she had nothing to lose and applied. Thirty years later, Flight Lieutenant Susan Freeman is a highly respected fighter pilot, flight instructor, and motivational speaker, and is now with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Perth WA. I had the privilege of interviewing her and hearing a small part of her life story. As you will see, the sky is most definitely NOT the limit for this inspirational woman.

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