LOCAL PEOPLE
Picking up the threads Sarah Brown is a contemporary textile artist known professionally as EssJay. Sarah moved to Tavistock when she was two years old so can consider herself a local. She lives with her family in Peter Tavy and takes inspiration for her beautiful textile artwork from the moors, the coast and especially the interesting local humans who catch her creative eye. Having read psychology at Swansea University, Sarah took a job in marketing for Screwfix in Yeovil, before moving back to Devon at the turn of the century with her husband, Richard. Until her twins, Tom and Eva were born in 2006, she worked for local company ‘Gro Group’ which produces baby’s sleeping bags. When the children went to primary school, Sarah felt the need for a change in career and a purpose outside of the family, so she spent three years studying towards accountancy qualifications, squeezing study time in between home commitments - never easy with a young family. Sarah now works part-time with Sponge Learning as part of their finance team, delivering bespoke digital learning solutions to leading global companies.
Sarah traces her love of sewing back to her grandmother. As a child, she used to sit and watch her sewing at her old singer machine and was encouraged to have a go herself - fond memories. Always a maker and mender, Sarah has been producing her own clothes and homewares since she was a teenager and has enjoyed both the creative and the practical side. Recently she has discovered a new interest, a fusion of two techniques: raw edge appliqué and free-motion embroidery. With the feed-dogs disengaged, Sarah uses the sewing machine needle almost as if drawing with a fine ink
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