Sarah Money lives and works in the village of Chiddingly, East Sussex. Throughout her adult life she has led a variety of professions including, performed in physical theatre and contemporary dance, qualified as a therapist, and taught pilates for 20 years.

A keen interest in the human form lead her to rediscover working with both clay and paint, being something of a eureka moment for her but it would be another 30 years before I begun sculpting again.

Now though, her work is ever changing and evolving, and her sculptures explore the human form with a strong emphasis on movement, texture and colour.

“When working with a model I start by making sketches, either with pencil and paper, or with clay (maquette). Having established a feel for the model, I will then begin work on the final piece. I start by building layers of clay. I begin with the overall shape of the sculpture and move towards creating detail.

Once the sculpture is finished it is hollowed out and left to dry. When the clay is dry it can be fired for the first time. When firing a new sculpture anything can happen, (cracking, or even an explosion) but if all goes well I will have a biscuit-fired piece. I then glaze and fire again - ’stone-firing’ (higher temperature). If the sculpture needs to be weather proofed, I stone-fire it. Craft-crank clay lends itself to this process.” - Sarah Money

Money’s work can be seen in The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden Indoor Gallery, and purchased in person or online.