Susan Deliss’ lifelong interest in stories and travels and crossings of cultures and continents completely underpins her work. She relishes her independence from the conventional workplaces where she started. Richly inspired by many fruitful trips to Aleppo, Cairo, Genoa, Naples, Damascus and Fez, Susan reads widely and has an intensely curious mind, absorbing colours and patterns and visual influences wherever she goes. Mosques, museums, churches and beautiful homes are always on Susan’s itinerary. She was married for a long time to an expert Old Master restorer and learnt a huge amount about pigments, colours and surface textures. Old Masters remain a major part of Susan’s education and aesthetic. Unsurprisingly, her work is sophisticated and highly considered.

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Warmth and comfort are core to Susan’s work. The hospitable offering of chai and sweet Turkish coffee and the breaking of bread together at meals on holidays and textile buying trips filter through Susan’s mind always, whether she is designing an interior or a fabric. Susan distills all these influences in a highly original and thoughtful way to help turn spaces into highly personal homes that people love and feel comfortable and at peace in.

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Whilst strengthening relationships with both clients and workshops, Susan spends much of her time now delving deeper into her imagination, seeking new ways of telling her creative story. The mission of Susan’s business and of her small and wonderful team is to create and share unique and beautiful textiles and accessories, created by close collaborations between Susan and the best craftspeople in the UK and abroad, with a rapidly growing discerning clientele. Susan and her team are committed to providing a service that is warm and personable and consistent with the lovely experiences that Susan has in bazaars and tiny specialist shops and factories.

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Susan is hugely committed to her business being run in an environmentally responsible way and she and her team and suppliers make significant efforts to implement this.