Meet the makers exhibiting at INSPIRED 2017: Sarah Kay

This May (3-6)  will see the much-anticipated return of INSPIRED – the luxury contemporary silverware and furniture selling showcase at the Goldsmiths Centre during London Craft Week.

This leading exhibition, now in its fifth year, brings together some of the UK’s finest and up-and-coming silversmiths and furniture makers in one unique curated platform.

As we get ready for the show, in the coming weeks we will be giving you the lowdown on this year’s designer/makers attending and why INSPIRED should be your number one destination for bespoke furniture. This week we find out more about  Sarah Kay.

Sarah Kay has been designing and making things in wood since studying furniture craftsmanship at Parnham College in Dorset. In 1996 she started out from shared workshop space in Hackney, East London.

Today her work covers a broad spectrum from bespoke designs for private clients and public art commissions, to design consultancy for some of the UK’s most respected retailers of contemporary furniture such as SCP, Heal’s and Benchmark Furniture.

Notable commissions include furniture and interior design collaborations with award winning Cowley Manor Hotel in the Cotswolds, a public art commission for the Geffrye Museum in Shoreditch and also for the design of two sets of very large oak doors for a new building in St James’ Street, London, subsequently shortlisted in the Wood Awards 2016.

In 2011 she was awarded the Claxton Stevens Prize for her Oasby chair. She has also received several Guild Marks and Design Guild Marks awarded by The Furniture Makers’ Company.

www.sarah-kay.co.uk

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