About
Sarah Drew makes extraordinary handmade statement necklaces, rings and pendants from found objects such as driftwood, pebbles, sea plastic and sea glass, and combines them with parts of discarded broken jewellery. she also uses traceable components such as boulder opals from Australia, semi-precious stones and pearls.
B.A.(Hons) Communication Studies (2:1)
Varied cultural Studies degree: media, linguistics, sociology and psychology.
Art Jewellery practice/business, successfully trading for 22 years
Exhibits regularly at the Contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey;
Desire Fair, Winchester and Top Drawer trade show in London.
Exhibited at the Milan Jewelry week October 2022
and Autor in Bucharest May 2023.
Exhibitions
Perspectives: 8 Holland Street, Kensington with Petronilla Silver
TIDES: Penwith Gallery
Scrap Merchants Live: @Work gallery
AUTOR art jewellery fair, Bucharest
STRATA exhibition touring to Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Jan 2023
Under the Tree exhibition at MAKE South West, Bovey Tracey Nov 2022
STRATA exhibition at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance Nov 2022
Artistar Jewels at Milano Jewelry week October 2022
Art residency at Bedruthan Hotel, Aug 2022
Tidepool summer exhibition at Aspex Portsmouth, July-Aug 2022
A Rubbish Exhibition at The Workhouse Chapel, July 2022
Contemporary Craft Festival at Bovey Tracey June 2022
Degrees at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Feb/March 2022
Germination at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance Nov 2021
Rambling Summer exhibition at Craft Leeds July-Sept 2021
Earth Matters at West Dean College, Chichester 2020
Tides at Circa 21, Penzance 2019
Erosion at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance 2019
Treasure Found Farnham Pottery 2017 (solo show)
Petronilla Silver Summer show 2017
Publications and memberships
3 jewellery-making books published:
‘Junk-box Jewellery’
‘Wild Jewellery’
‘Hair Accessories’
Written articles for ‘Making Jewellery’, ‘Wed’ magazine and ‘Cornwall Today’
Published illustrated Cornish Folktale ‘The Woodsprite’ 2020
Member of Society of Designer Craftsmen since 2022
Member of MAKE Southwest since 2023
Image:
Sarah Drew
Atreides Necklace 2 2023
Found Objects
25 x 18 cm
