Susan Wynter
British toymaker
About Susan Wynter
Lived 1923 – 2013 (aged 89–90). Susan Wynter was a toy maker.
Susan Wynter (née Lethbridge; 1923 – 2013) was a British toy maker and photographer. She grew up in London and developed an early interest in woodworking, learning to carve wood at a billiard-table workshop. She worked as a flight mechanic during World War II and attended engineering college.
Career Wynter moved with her mother to St Ives, Cornwall, after World War II. She established the Toy Trumpet Workshop in 1946, working from a coffin-maker’s workshop on The Digey. She exhibited at the London Design Centre and the Venice Biennale. They separated due to his affair with a student.
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Who was Susan Wynter?
British toymaker
When was Susan Wynter born?
Susan Wynter was born in 1923 in United Kingdom.
When did Susan Wynter die?
Susan Wynter died in 2013.
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Susan Wynter was a toy maker.
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