Episode 6: Sara Kelly

Sara Kelly

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Episode Six

For the sixth episode of The Decorating Dissidence Podcast, Suzanna Petot talks to weaver and maker Sara Kelly. Decorating Dissidence has been working with Sara since the exhibition Weave It! 100 Years of the Women’s Weaving Workshops in 2019. Their conversation ranges from transitioning from architecture to textiles, the impact of Sara’s trip to Central America, Anni Albers and the Bauhaus, to her most recent project which combines the urban environment, woven textile processes and social interaction.

“It’s interesting in terms of craft, I think we definitely learn through experience and we think through making, so you deepen your subject knowledge through your relationship with tools and the materials that you use, as well as the environment that you’re in…”

– Sara Kelly

Work

Sara’s Weaving Workshop for Decorating Dissidence
‘Es Vedra’ – Sara Kelly
‘Woven through Experience’ Workshop
‘Periplus Workshops’
‘Woven Through Experience’ Exhibited

Host Bio: Suzanna Petot is a curator and writer based in London. She holds an MA in Curating the Art Museum from The Courtauld Institute of Art and has worked at institutions in the U.S, Italy and UK such as Gallerie delle Prigioni, The Courtauld Gallery, Tate Modern, M.I.T List Center for Visual Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her research interests include the history of curating, retrospective exhibitions with living artists, craft and community arts-based practices.

Speaker Bio: Sara Kelly is a weaver and designer who has a deep understanding of traditional craftsmanship, sustainable materials and conservation mixed with a passion for the built environment. She works from her studio in South-East London working on private and personal commissions based on a foundation of narrative and contemporary design.

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This Podcast series was produced by Decorating Dissidence with support from Queen Mary University of London Centre for Public Engagement. Leo Garbutt is our sound editor and music producer.