Figurative sculpture has been my passion since graduating from Canterbury College of Art 30 years ago. On leaving college in the late 1980s I continued to work figuratively in London, taking private sculpture commissions. I moved to Lewes, East Sussex in the mid 1990s and enjoyed working at Glyndebourne Opera House making props for the stage productions and later began teaching Art and Design at a Sixth Form college in Lewes.

Recent ceramic works explore colour through a range of oxides and glazes and commissioned work is for both private and commercial clients including interior designers. A selection of work can be purchased from the website or from several galleries in the South East.



I have this desire to capture impulses of vitality within living forms. I fabricate anfractuous lines within simplified forms to express my subjects movement and energy. I then leave the veracity of light to play against their tactile surfaces and expressive contours, permitting the viewer to experience their unique qualities whilst capturing appealing forms from all angles.

I also take commissions of beloved pets and work closely with you to create a lasting sculpture in either bronze or ceramic.  Private commissions of animals can be made in either ceramic or bronze - the photo here shows a stoneware ceramic with brown oxide. I work from a series of photos of the pet and have lots of discussions with the client about particular characteristics and the personality traits of the pet/animal. 

If you are interested in a commissioned work please contact me on 07719 917480 or email susiehartley64@gmail.com

'Nelson' Norfolk terrier ceramic with rich oxide patination

Amelie- unique stoneware ceramic with a smooth sky blue glaze

Tallulah - unique freestanding stoneware ceramic sculpture with blue crackle glaze

'Hector'- a unique small bronze commission 

Unique ceramic hare head with rich brown oxide mounted on steel

'Imelda' - unique stoneware ceramic torso mounted on quartz stone

Camille - unique ceramic with verdigris glaze

White reclining figure - unique plaster sculpture

Esme - unique ceramic seated figure with a crackle blue glaze

Evie - unique freestanding ceramic sculpture

'Malachite' cold cast bronze resin torso mounted on a steel base. Edition 1/20

Layla - unique freestanding stoneware ceramic female form with blue crackle glaze 

'Claude' - unique glazed stoneware ceramic sculpture on a steel base

Tilda  - unique earthenware ceramic with green glaze mounted on steel

Flora - unique ceramic sculpture with turquoise glaze

Lyra- cold cast iron  sculpture mounted on a steel base.  Edition 3/20

Emma - unique stoneware ceramic sculpture with a rich blue glaze mounted on a stone base

'Moolie'  - Ceramic black Labrador commission

Luna - cast plaster fragmented torso mounted on steel

'Maisie' ceramic portrait with a rich brown patina

'Oliver' - Ceramic Cat - unique stoneware ceramic with a rich dark brown patina

Maisie - life size bronze sculpture of a family pet

Hare with oxide patina mounted on a steel base

Eloise - unique blue glazed ceramic sculpture mounted on steel

Ted - unique dogs head with a bronze patina mounted on steel and marble. (Not for sale)

Sofia - unique glazed stoneware ceramic sculpture mounted on a steel base

Bronze dog - edition 2/10

Isabella - unique female ceramic sculpture with a warm blue glaze

Salamander Torso - unique glazed ceramic sculpture mounted on limestone

Marcus - unique stoneware male torso mounted on a steel base

Paloma - unique freestanding ceramic sculpture

Simone - unique glazed ceramic torso mounted on patinated black steel

Hare Portrait - ceramic mounted on steel

Madeleine- unique ceramic reclining form with a warm green glaze

'Oscar' Bronze Manchester terrier  - life size

Island Torso - unique glazed ceramic

 unique stoneware ceramic cat sculpture with a warm oxide patina

'Willow' unique ceramic torso mounted on a steel base

'Hector' - stoneware male torso sculpture

'Nina' - unique freestanding ceramic sculpture

'Eva' - unique glazed stoneware ceramic torso

'Serena' unique glazed stoneware ceramic torso

'Ines' unique glazed stoneware ceramic mounted on black granite

'Rosamund' glazed ceramic figure mounted on a stone base

'Ida' - unique glazed stoneware ceramic mounted on a stone base

'Sophie' - unique stoneware ceramic sculpture mounted on a hardwood base

Unique Ceramic Torso with mottled oxide patina

'Ella' -unique crackle glazed ceramic torso

'Madison' - unique ceramic torso mounted on a steel base

'Rosie' unique large stoneware glazed ceramic sculpture

'Iris'- a blue glazed ceramic female form mounted on steel

'Naomi' - large stoneware ceramic sculpture mounted on a hardwood base

'Delilah' - unique stoneware ceramic sculpture with rich blue glaze

'Sienna' - unique stoneware ceramic with oxide patina on a marble base.

Terracotta clay portrait bust

'Quinn' - unique freestanding glazed ceramic sculpture

'Daphne and Hebe' unique glazed ceramic sculptures mounted on stone

'Cecilia' - unique reclining ceramic form

'Ocean' -unique stoneware ceramic sculpture mounted on a steel base

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