By the 1960s Susan Bosence had planned and opened a dye house and printing classroom for the new Adult Education Centre at Dartington. She ran classes, cut blocks, tested dyes and carried out her own production. The Bosences left Dartington in 1966, moving to Sigford on the edge of Dartmoor where an adjoining stable block became Sue’s workshop. She continued to teach at Dartington and the textile departments of Camberwell College of Art, London and the West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham. In 1985 she wrote and illustrated Hand Block Printing and Resist Dyeing.

Susan Bosence, who died in 1996, has a tremendous reputation as a craftswoman and teacher. Her work can be found in the collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Crafts Study Centre, Bath and at the Crafts Council. This exhibition offers us an opportunity to showcase her work and reassess the world wide printing and dying techniques which so affected the long career of this influential craftswoman.

Bosence Gallery
Inspiration Gallery
Susan Bosence
Resist Dyeing
Block Printing

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