Artist Statement
Sue Burns Baabaazuzu co-founder lead designer and CEO can thank her husbands laundry accident for her recycled clothing line. Her husband mistakenly put her favorite wool sweaters into the dryer and rather than come to tears Sue dismantled her beloved wears and transformed them into her now international brand. Baabaazuzu came to be in late 1993 after Sue Burns a gifted graphic designer cut up the shrunken remains of her favorite sweaters pieced the fragments together and made jackets with matching hats for her two young daughters. Once the phone began ringing in high demand of her upcycled creations Sue sought her opportunity to develop an eco-fashion house in Lake Leelanau MI. Each of Sue’s handcrafted designs emphasize quality functionality the pairing of textures and colors made in the USA and the mission to re-purpose. For nineteen years Sue has built her business off of saving wool clothing from the landfill and to celebrate Baabaazuzu’s 20th anniversary she
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Evanston Art & Big Fork Festival: 98