Sarah creates tactile, abstract sculptural ceramics that are ambiguous and strange, yet familiar.
Inspired by the physiology of the body merged with organic form she creates ceramic assemblages that often incorporate found objects and textiles in a make-do-and-mend approach. Using innovative repair and joining techniques - eg soldering, riveting, tying - as an aesthetic choice, she celebrates the random and the unpredictable, finding grace in the merging of disparate materials.
The work is playful and frequently interactive with sound elements and moveable parts. She has exhibited widely in the UK and in Europe and Japan, with work in private collections across the globe. The work is fired to stoneware in an electric kiln.

The focus of my work is Line Form and the resulting shadows. Inspired by the Natural and Architectural Environment I make abstract forms which explore organic contours and contrasting hard edges.
Subtle play of light and shade gives definition to the pieces with their oblique refences.The structure balance and purity combined with the strength of bone china produces a quiet but emotional haptic impact capturing fludity and movement. The firing process invite unexpected outcomes.
I use a variety of methods and techniques, including, handbuilding, carving, mouldmaking and casting. Manipulated and distorted forms are then scraped, fettled, sanded and burnished through lengthy labour intensive processes to achieve smooth, tactile surfaces. I work singularly with china clays firing to temperatures of 1260 degrees with a soak period determined by size and thickness.

One-off handbuilt burnished ceramics.
Studio based in London.