Background
Suttie was born on 26 November 1946, in Tealing, Scotland.
Suttie was born on 26 November 1946, in Tealing, Scotland.
Suttie studied at Camberwell School of Art under Glennys Barton, Ewen Henderson and Colin Pearson. After completing his education in Art Ceramics, he also completed teacher training at Whitelands College, in Putney, London.
This education promoted experimentation which rejected the Bernard Leach derived Anglo-oriental style, and emphasized wheel-throwing. His initial interest was drama. (1979-1980).
Suttie was also a contributor to The Ceramic Review, Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, Studio Pottery et cetera
A memoir of his early years, From Latent to Blatant, was published in issue number 2 of the Gay Left journal and can be accessed at.
Angus Suttie died on 17 June 1993, of an Human Immunodeficiency Virus related illness.
He was also a member of the Gay Left collective in the 1970s.