Artists

Sarah More (b. 1950)

Sarah More was born in Penzance and trained at Brighton College of Art (1968-69) and Loughborough College of Art and Design (1969-1972). She then spent six years as a carpenter and joiner during which she developed her passion for design and craftsmanship.

More subsequently trained at the City & Guilds London Art School (1978-80), and afterwards in the workshops of Richard Kindersley and John Skelton, where she developed a lasting appreciation of rhythm and balance in carved lettering. Explorations of colour and texture and a long-standing interest in materials and the built environment have led More to experimental work in building and landscaping.

More has won a number of awards including the Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship (1990) and the Melhuish Bequest, South West Arts Board (1991) and she has completed a number of public commissions in the U.K. and the U.S.A. She has exhibited in all major lettering exhibitions, including The Prince's Foundation 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Alberto Vilar Gallery, London.

Select Bibliography

F. Bugg, 'Commissions: Nottingham Castle Museum', Crafts, March/April 1995.
A. Chisholm, 'Carve a Name with Pride', The Observer, 28 November 1982.
M. Coatts, 'British Discipline', Baseline, no. 25, 1998.
'Craftnotes', Crafts, July/August 1993.
T. Harrod, 'The Writing on the Wall', The Independent, 10 October 1989.
Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists, Trefoil Books, London, 1985.
R. Pavey, 'In Living Memory', Crafts, May/June 1998.
J. Theophilus, 'The Critic's Eye', Crafts, September/October 1992.