The Whale with Sue Kim

Sue is a full time embroiderer based in Surrey, UK. She graduated from the RSN’s Future Tutor Programme with distinction and received the RSN Broderers’ Award for Top Student in 2024.During the Future Tutors Programme, Sue’s works were featured in the Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery in London and in the Knitting Stitching show in London and Harrogate in 2022 and 2023. Sue taught Learning Curve classes for the RSN at the Knitting and Stitching Show in 2022 and 2023, the Stitch Festival London in 2024, and Artisan Fayre in 2023 and 2024. She also demonstrated needlework for the RSN in the Backet Pageant Demonstration at Guildhall Yard in London, the Knitting and Stitching show in London, and the Hampton Court Artisan Fayre. She has also assisted in multiple RSN day classes, Certificate and diploma intensive on RSN International Summer School courses and family drop-in sessions at the Fashion and Textile Museum.With a background in modern craft and design, Sue is interested in combining traditional embroidery techniques with contemporary design aesthetics.In 2023, Sue had the privilege of joining the Studio Embroidery team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.In 2024, her work 'My Pieces' received the Worshipful Company of Broaderers Associate Award from the Hand and Lock Prize.