Susanna Bauer is a visual artist. She studied landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich. For 17 years, she worked as a modelmaker for advertising, film and artists. She later continued her studies at the Camberwell College of Art, London. Though she learned the art of crocheting as a child in Germany, it was in England that she glimpsed the potential of combining this skill with her love of nature. When she met her partner, the artist Paul Fry, she began to discover the territory of Cornwall, which kindled her memories of a childhood spent close to nature. After many years traveling between Cornwall and London and following the birth of her son, she chose to permanently relocate to the former. Her work has appeared in many newspapers, including the Guardian, the Observer, and Politiken; and articles have been written about her in such high-profile magazines as Flow International, American Craft, Sculpture, and Io Donna. Valentina De Pasca is an art historian and publishing professional. She is the author, among others, of the introductory essay Maria Lai. I luoghi dell’arte a portata di mano (5 Continents Editions, 2021), and the volume, produced in collaboration with Alessandra Falconi, Atelier inclusivi con l’Art Brut. Percorsi per la scuola primaria (Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson, 2021).
