Sarah is a self-trained designer who's been making jewellery
using found and recycled materials for 25 years. She lives in
Cornwall where she teaches workshops in studios and hotels and
several local galleries there stock her jewellery including the
Exchange gallery in Penzance. She's appeared on BBC's Coast
programme and has had 3 books published, the latest one 'Wild
Jewellery' in 2014. In 2015 she became a resident artist at The
Lost Garden's of Heligan in their Maker's Workshop".
Describe your approach to teaching:
I love to share ideas and skills during workshops and encourage
people to make unique pieces that reflect their own taste and
interests. I love using found materials as you can be free to
experiment with them without the pressure of cost inhibiting you. I
also think it's good to make completed pieces that you can enjoy
wearing home...
What inspires your own work?
I'm lucky to live in Cornwall and can't help but be inspired by
the beautiful coastline and lush woodland here. I love
incorporating colour into my pieces to reflect the natural beauty I
see about me and I make pieces that look worn and ancient, as if
they've been found or dug up so I texture the metal I work with to
create a weathered look. I like to put the pieces I find together
as wearable collages that are inspired by abstract Cornish artists
such as Barbara Hepworth, Peter Lanyon and Terry Frost