Sarah Simonds

Her practice is rooted in a direct relationship with the landscape. She works primarily with foraged plant materials gathered from her local environment, allowing seasonality, place, and process to guide each piece.

Using traditional coiling and binding techniques, she transforms these materials into contemporary sculptural vessels and large-scale wall works. Alongside the fibres themselves, she creates natural dyes from bark and plant matter, embedding the material’s origin within the surface of the work.

While the core of her practice is grounded in locally sourced materials, she incorporates natural fibres such as jute and raffia to enable scale and structural development.

Each piece evolves slowly—shaped by the rhythms of gathering, preparation, and making. The resulting forms explore the relationship between containment and expansion, moving between object and surface, structure and field.

Her work reflects an ongoing dialogue between material, place, and time—where natural processes are not only referenced, but embedded within the making itself.