Master Weaver

Sue Batten’s passion for tapestry began when she learnt to weave at the ATW during work experience in 1976. She commenced an apprenticeship at the ATW in 1977 and combined her weaving training with the study of drawing, sculpture and ceramics at Melbourne State College and textiles at RMIT. In 1999 she undertook further study in tapestry and drawing at Monash University. Sue has led many major commissions including Alice Bayke, 2008, by Yvonne Todd for the Queensland Art Gallery, and Eye Desire by Sally Smart for the Royal Women’s Hospital, which was completed in 2011 as well as worked one on one collaborating with artists on Rome, 2012, by Brent Harris and Everything has two witnesses, one on earth and one in the sky, 2014, by Sangeeta Sandrasegar.