As you are probably aware, a website is a very important part of showcasing a product and connecting with customers. So, now that my website - www.sarahkayarts.com is a year old - I thought it was time to take a fresh look at it! I have decided to redesign the homepage, possibly to include [...]
It’s been busy few weeks preparing for Shetland’s annual Christmas Craft Fair, which is this weekend! The craft fair is a hugely popular event in Shetland - it attracted over 4,000 visitors last year. It’s also a special event for Sarah Kay Arts, as it was here that I first tried selling my artwork, [...]
I’m always working on new designs and looking to nature for inspiration, and my latest design uses cowrie shells. I’ve used small box frames (12.5cm square) to house a painted acrylic landscape, finished off with a cowrie shell. Cowries - or Jenny Wrens as I knew them growing up (perhaps this is [...]
Art in The Old Haa, Burravoe, Yell, Shetland It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, I hope you’re all having a lovely summer so far? Summer is traditionally a quiet time for me, art wise, due to being a busy time for the chalets. However, we’ve been busy nonetheless. In May [...]
Shetland Arts & Crafts Association As of April 2017, Sarah Kay Arts is now a full member of the Shetland Arts & Crafts Association! To become a member, artwork must be submitted and examined for their quality assurance assessments. I submitted five pieces, which passed with a score of 90%. This is great [...]
Beachcombing - Evie, Orkney Beachcombing is one of my favourite pastimes; you never know what you will find. While on a beach combing trip to Orkney recently I decided to go to explore a new spot. I came across the beach of Evie, which is a large sandy beach. It had a corrugated pattern in [...]
