Sara Method
School of Art + Design, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina USA, January 2019
Where are you from?
Bassett, Virginia
Describe your object?
Biscuit Cutter – light-weight metal circular disc with raised edges, a removable circular center piece (for making doughnuts) and a red handle (metal) on the back for applying pressure and for lifting the cutter from the dough.
Where is your object from?
Bassett, VA
How is your object meaningful to you?
This was my grandmother’s biscuit cutter. She used this for family gatherings when she rolled out dough on her kitchen table and cut the flaky biscuits for our shared meals. After she died, I took the biscuit cutter home and think of her every time I use it when cooking for my own family.
How do you see yourself as an artist in your community?
I am inspired by my local environment in much of my work. As an artist, I use my art as a way of bringing awareness to the beautiful, wonderful, and often overlooked parts of our community and environment – art as a way of taking pleasure in local community/environment as well as serving as a tool to point out something unknown or seldom noticed.
What is your hope for the future?
To continue making and encouraging others to be curious and investigate their environment and get to know their community – sharing and learning together.
