Sara Roberts is a visual, sonic, sculptural, and performance artist whose work explores touch, texture and eccentric worldbuilding. We were drawn to Sara Roberts’s work with sewn plant material for the way it quietly repositions overlooked plant materials into something reverent. In her practice of sewing material for the ground, Sara collects fallen plant skins—fragments from palms, cactuses, and trees—and stitches them not to repair, but to notice. 

In this chat, Sara talked about her interdisciplinary process, the story behind the shawl in this month’s mail art, and the improvisatory nature of working with plant-based materials. 

To learn more about Sara’s mail art and haana lee’s accompanying film, go here.

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Show Notes

• Learn more about Sara Roberts

• See Sara's plant embroidery

• See more of Sara's illustrative ceramics

• Lolly Willowes; or The Loving Huntsman, the book Sara's piece is inspired by

• Learn about Lace Lichen

• See the trailer for the film paired with Sara's mail art