Sarah Kay designs contemporary bespoke furniture and household objects which combine well-considered functionality with an elegant aesthetic. As a skilled cabinet maker Kay’s work is exquisitely attentive to detail. She combines wit, charm and a love of wood to create often quite sculptural pieces. Her inspiration comes from people, plants and places.
Born 1964, Hertfordshire
Education
1994-1996 Parnham College, Dorset
Full time studies in cabinet making and furniture design (BA equivalent)
Awards
1999 Business Link marketing grant for export
1997 Guild mark No. 177 for ‘Panacea’ awarded by The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
1998 Crafts Council Setting Up Grant
Selected Exhibitions
2007 ‘Bespoke’ Flow Gallery, Notting Hill, London
2005 The Hub, National Centre for Craft and Design Nottinghamshire
Contemporary Applied Arts, London
New Members’ Focus Exhibition
2000 Design Resolutions, Royal Festival Hall, London Contemporary Decorative Arts,Sothebys, London
Poetry in Motion, Noel Hennessy Furniture, London
1999 Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sothebys, London Form & Function, Crafts Council, London
‘Best of Hackney’, Geffrye Museum, London
A Celebration of Craftsmanship, Cheltenham Royal Beatrice Art and Craft Gallery, Southampton
1998 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York - with British European Design Group A Celebration of Craftsmanship, Cheltenham International Design, Drenthe, Holland
100% Design, London (New Designers Stand)
Collection & Major Commissions
2002 Commissioned to design private screening room for Everyman Cinema, Hampstead
2000 Crafts Council of Great Britain Collection - ‘Helga’ chair and prototype,
Commissioned to design exclusive bespoke range for Cowley Manor Hotel
1998 Commissioned to design and make a cardboard chair for the feature film ‘The Borrowers’
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