Maxine Sutton (RCA trained, fine artist)
Maxine Sutton is an artist working with textiles and paper. She originally studied Fine Art and later trained in textiles at the RCA.
Maxine's work is commissioned and collected internationally. Stockists and commissions have included: Heals, Liberty, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Anthropologie, Autour Du Monde, The Art Group, Selvedge Magazine and Galison Publishing.
Maxine also has a PGCE from Goldsmiths, with experience teaching children and adults in a variety of settings
Describe your approach to teaching.
I teach simple techniques that can be used in different ways to enable students to develop a personal language and the confidence to express their ideas via textiles.
My approach focuses on exploring individual students starting points and motivation, to enable them to get the most out of a course.
What inspires your own work?
I am motivated by the material qualities of ink, paint, fabrics, threads and yarns and how abstracted forms can describe and signify what is on the periphery or the unseen.
I am inspired by a lot of everyday experiences and processing our existence via colour, shape and material.
West Dean College and Gardens are part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
