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West Dean is part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
Sarah Macrae
Sarah graduated Brighton Polytechnic in 1981 and has combined
her studio practice as a jeweller with teaching part time. A member
of The Designer Jewellers Group, she has exhibited at the Barbican
Arts Centre (London) for the last twenty eight years. In 2000 Sarah
was invited to write an introduction to Jewellery for Crowood Press
and she features in several youtube videos. Sarah's work can be
seen on Facebook and Instagram.
Sarah's approach to teaching is focused on facilitating individual
student needs and supporting them to achieve their objectives.
Sarah also uses demonstrations and examples to communicate to the
whole group where relevant. Sarah is a qualified teacher for
further and higher education
Sarah's own creative practice combines a wide range of materials
and processes. While recent work has focused on using dyed and heat
formed polypropylene combined with silver, Sarah is also developing
ideas in a new direction looking at small contained spaces.