{"id":15042,"date":"2025-10-01T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/comunidade-criativa\/susan-sutherland\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:39:23","slug":"susan-sutherland","status":"publish","type":"lc_artist","link":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/en\/comunidade-criativa\/susan-sutherland\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Sutherland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15042\" class=\"elementor elementor-15042 elementor-8663\" data-elementor-post-type=\"lc_artist\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463a90ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"463a90ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eb624e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4eb624e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e9fd5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e9fd5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Susan Sutherland was born in Scotland, but it was in Portugal that she found the right place to live and develop her passion for wool. From an early age she was surrounded by yarns and textures \u2013 her father owned a large carpet factory \u2013 and this environment shaped her sensitivity and taste for manual work. <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6595100d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6595100d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4638-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8740\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4638-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4638-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4638-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4638-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4638-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b42e6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b42e6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, at the head of the <strong>Ovelha Negra Knits<\/strong> brand, Susan is dedicated to knitting and creating unique pieces: clothing, accessories and even toys, all produced by hand. 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She is the one who cards and spins the wool, transforming the raw material into exclusive skeins that she both sells and uses in her collections.  <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b134395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b134395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4555-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8732\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4555-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4555-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/550A4555-768x512.jpg 768w, 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