Associate Artist
Sue Blatherwick became an Associate Artist with the BCB after joining the Clay Comrades Community workshop following the 2015 biennial. Her ceramic practice explores the painterly qualities of slip, frequently in platters, dishes, and tiles. This was a change from the contextual research relating to 20th century British studio ceramics, undertaken partly to record and understand the role of her father within it.
She began her artistic life painting, but has researched and produced environmental art and installation works during Brighton Festival. She studied art at Homerton College, Cambridge, undertook an experimental BA in Fine Art and Critical Studies at Central St Martin’s School of Art, practiced ceramics for a Diploma at Derby University, and later completed a research M.Phil at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Sue worked professionally in art education, and undertakes various community workshops. She has a studio workshop at her home in the Peak District, and works in a sustainable way, reclaiming clay, single firing when possible, and has solar panels. She manages the ‘stylish and spacious artist’s home’ in Lincolnshire, created by her parents, as a place of special interest to stay.