Susan Tait Charman has been an artist and designer, mostly working with cloth, since the 1980s. A move to the International City of Auroville (in South India) in 1986 evolved into full-time studio work, including designs in clothing, interior decor, and sets and costumes for theatre and dance. Susan has had exhibitions and collections in Holland, England, France, Australia, and Rome, as well as many locations in the United States, Canada, and India. Susan returned home to British Columbia in 2000, filling a need for quiet, fully personal work. In addition to creating designer works with cloth and hand-painted functional glass, she loves to cook for people. She lives with her husband Dan on their Pender Island farm in the Salish Sea. Susan's mother, who lived on her own on Pender until just after her 90th birthday, insisted that we must do something creative every day. Susan tries very hard to live up to that.
