Susan Cross graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic, London in 1986, re-locating to Edinburgh in 1989. Since this time she has paralleled her practise teaching part-time on the Jewellery & Silversmithing course at Edinburgh College of Art. In 2008 she was appointed a Readership. In 2007 she won the Jerwood Applied Arts Award for Jewellery in recognition of excellence, innovation, commitment and significant contribution to the field of jewellery. Her career to date won her this title.