Exhibitions

While living in London I was an active member of South London Women Artists from the start. I participated in many joint exhibitions with fellow members of SLWA in venues such as Bankside, Dulwich Library and Conway Hall. As a member of Northern Print I have taken part in a number of joint exhibitions.

I'm hoping to have a solo exhibition of work inspired by the shore and Iceland.

Reflections, 2022
Linocut for the Small Pleasures Exhibition at Northern Print
17 x 14 cm

Impressions of Hadrian's Wall, 2022
Linocut and monoprint. Exhibited at Northern Print, Newcastle
30 x 25 cm

Susan Wood's print for the Hadrian's Wall exhibition, 2022

Plans for a future solo exhibition

Masterclasses at Northlands in Lybster provided inspiration and opened the door to new techniques. After completing an MA in Glass at the University of Sunderland in 2016 my passion for glass has continued. I have followed up my favourite themes of the seashore, mountains and the natural world. Experiments combining rusty metal and found have led to an unconventional body of work, that is strongly influenced by the 19th century love of collecting and classifying. I enjoy exploring variations on a theme, using the casting technique to produce glass cockles, limpets and whelks in many different colours and sizes, cast from shells collected on Northumbrian, Scottish and Irish coasts.

Thanks to the help of Joanne Mitchell and the water jet cutter at the University of Sunderland I have produced masses of whalebone shapes based on a piece of whalebone found on a beach in Iceland’s east fjords.