Expressing Beauty through Colour and Form
This creative space marks the beginning of a new chapter for me, one rooted in personal change, reflection, and the exploration of beauty through colour and form. I create highly embellished individualised felt forms and figures, wonderfully expressive watercolour works, and snuggly knits for babies and toes.
I find enormous enjoyment working with fabrics, felt, threads, yarn, and paper. Creativity is more than an outlet for me, as an anxious introvert; it grounds and calms me, along with regular tai chi, family time, and daily doggie walks. Living with a hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) can present unexpected health challenges, but creating beauty in various forms is a welcome distraction.
My friend, botanical artist Jennifer Duval-Smith introduced my daughter and me to sketching, and watercolour painting. My daughter was a natural, but it was something I didn’t think I could do. I came to love the unpredictability of watercolour paint on dry, damp and wet paper, enhancing it with ink lines for more definition.
Much of my creative work is inspired by the natural world around me: sometimes by fellow artists, sometimes by images in the public domain that suggest a new variation to me. While I always try to credit inspiration where I can, each piece is ultimately my own: a personal interpretation shaped by my experience.
This blog will be a place to share my developing creations, moments of inspiration, and the colourful thread that runs through all of it: a commitment to beauty, colour and form, and sharing the joy.
Let’s get in touch if there’s something you’d like to know: sarameadedesign@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you.
By the way, my next post will describe what it was like growing up in a compulsively creative home.
