Susannah Weiland is a hand embroidery artist living and working in Richmond upon Thames, UK. She is inspired by the colours and textures of the natural world and creates hand embroidered wall art in two different styles – figurative and abstract – with nature the common thread. In her figurative work she combines tonal pencil drawing with delicate hand embroidery. She stitches into leather to create her abstract artworks, each piece she creates is unique.

Susannah discovered her passion for art at a young age, beginning formal training in Art & Design on a foundation course before advancing to Nottingham Trent University,
where she earned a degree in Graphic Design. For 23 years she pursued a career in the fashion industry as a graphic and textile designer, whilst developing her practice.

She has exhibited at ICFF in New York and at a number of events in the UK, including London Craft Week, London Design Festival and Decorex. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions, in particular the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2021) Bath Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (2022), The Broderers’ Exhibition (2022) and the Royal Cambrian Academy Open Exhibition (2023).

In 2021 Susannah was awarded a QEST scholarship to study technical hand embroidery at The Royal School of Needlework, and in 2022 she was awarded a Newby Trust Award at Cockpit Studios.