Sarah Kerry

Here's where I post my news.

Stuff from 2010 here

April 2011

Sorry for being a bit quiet. Christmas burnt me out, and I've had various projects which have either worked out or fallen through. More about that another time.

I'm currently working on giving my website a revamp, creating some new patterns and products. I'm also trying to put as much of my "old stuff" online as I can bear, partly because I've realised it helps explain how I've formed my current design aesthetic, and sometimes people like to know this stuff. Also, it is cool.

So please bear with the website as it progresses into a beautifully navigatable site (ahem).

I've compiled this FAQ for students who write to me:

What is your background?
I am based in Beckenham. As a child, maths was my favourite subject at school, but I chose art as a sideline at A Level and found I was more fascinated by that. I studied Art Foundation at Ravensbourne College and Contemporary Crafts at Falmouth College of Art. The maths comes in rather handy with scaling and gauge work, mind.

Who taught you to knit?
I don't actually remember - my nanny taught me a bit and my Grandpa taught me some, but I think after the basic cast on and knit stitch, I sort of self taught in a very longwinded method of trial and improvement.

Can you teach me to knit?
If you're in london. I'm part of Stitch London, if you sign up to the newsletter you can find out when the teaching sessions are and if I don't teach you, someone else will.

What inspires your work?
I think it's difficult to define exactly what inspires me, because we're such sponges for stimuli, how can one know what permeates through the filters and what is rejected? That said, Hans Stofer's "Hitthenailonthehead" was a rather brilliantly irreverant literal pun, Freddie Robins was the first "knitting artist" I saw and has been a hero of mine since. Donna Wilson -for whom I did work experience - has taught me loads, and I feel she demonstrates how a designer's voice can be felt across a whole range of products.

I don't think I can overestimate how influential humour is and certainly feel as inspired by the surrealist comedy of the 80s as much as Magritte's bizarre paintings, Ron Mueck's hyperrealist figures, or Claes Oldenburg's giant soft sculptures.

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