Sarah Mcdade

Sarah has been making ceramics full time since 1982. Her stoneware and terracotta
range of figures and heads each have a distinctive style and quality. Character heads are often humorous or whimsical, while the larger female figures express a tranquil contentment. They are all made with a combination of slab building and modelling. The surface is painted or sponged with underglaze colour and oxides.

Her work is available in craft shops and galleries throughout the country.
She also works to commission, and has made many characters based on real people.

She has a wide experience as an artist in education, often working with groups of children on figurative or sculptural projects. Clay has an immediate appeal with all ages and abilities, and projects Sarah has covered have ranged from a mural on the theme of play, to totems made from clay masks. Public workshops linked to exhibitions have also been developed through galleries, and her current courses include educational centres such as Alston Hall in Lancashire.

She is a member of Linden Arts Group in Hebden Bridge where she shares a studio with other artists.