Sarah Burns – Block printer

Sarah Burns is a textile block printer and natural dyer from West Sussex. Her craft is founded on the use of seasonal natural dye colours that are foraged from the hedgerows and fields around her – fruitwood prunings in winter, hedgerow cuttings in the spring, fruits and flowers in the summer and warm oak tannins in the autumn. Sarah was awarded the Endangered Crafts Fund in 2023 to install two large dye kettles to increase her output and make the business more sustainable whilst upskilling her apprentice.

Sussex recipients were funded through the partnership between Heritage Crafts and Sussex Heritage Trust.