Featured maker: Susanna Bauer

Quite possibly the most patient and talented crochet artist ever!

Nov 06, 2024

Seek to Make is an exploration of creativity and making. Each month, I share a monthly theme around making, showcase inspiring makers, share tips, tools and encouragement. Together let's get curious and immerse ourselves in the art of making!

NOVEMBER: ECO-ART

Hello makers,

Today’s featured maker is Cornwall-based artist Susanna Bauer. She started out working in plant nurseries, then went on to study landscape architecture before eventually heading into the creative world of model making and then going to art school.

She now creates the most exquisite fine art using natural leaves and intricate crochet. Her work and talent are next level!

Found leaves are repaired, embellished and combined using handmade lace crochet – a laborious traditional technique relying on tension, set in direct relationship to the fragile natural material. The resulting forms are a meditation on the beauty and intricacy found in the natural world and a reflection of complex and tender relationships both within ourselves and our environment. - Susanna Bauer

Susanna has published a stunning monograph titled “Susanna Bauer - In Leaf”, which is just full of her incredible leaf art. Her work showcases the beautiful interconnectedness between nature and art.

Enjoy.