Applying heritage processes to unexpected materials, basketmaker Sarah Paramor creates playful contemporary pieces for exhibition and for the catwalk. Her award-winning work takes natural and man-made materials out of their everyday context and encourages us to see them afresh: the beauty of an Ordnance Survey map, the glinty, unbridled life of corsetry boning, the tweedy qualities of humble hairmoss… Sarah Paramor lives and works in Applecross on the west coast of Scotland.

Sarah Paramor trained on the two-year City Lit Basketry Course in London, commuting from the Scottish Highlands to learn her craft. She won prizes in the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers’ Basketry of the Year competition in 2017 and 2018, had work in “Basketry: Function & Ornament” (Ruthin Craft Centre, 2019), was a Craft Scotland Compass Emerging Maker in 2019, and on Applied Arts Scotland’s “Shift Canada” programme in 2019–21.