Sarah Espeute

My name is Sarah, I'm 29 years old and I live in Marseille.

After a course in Applied Arts at high school in Nîmes, I continued my studies with a BTS in Visual Communication at Olivier de Serres - ENSAAMA, in Paris. After those two years, I realised that being self-employed would suit my personality better and was more likely to help me achieve my professional objectives. In 2014, I started out in printing and micro-publishing and created my company “Riso Presto” specialising in “Riso” printing. Riso is a brand of printers used by schools, colleges, etc. and I converted it to screen printing. I developed my taste for illustration by self- publishing posters and books. This experience in publishing led me to explore the object and design, under the two artists behind “Klima Intérieurs”, through the design of imaginary interiors. I then began to feel a deep desire to express my own vision of decoration, through embroidery and painting but also subsequently, by using other media.

I take inspiration from something from the past and I bring it up to date it in my own way. I try to bring as much subtlety as possible to it to blur any doubt about its origin and thus make it timeless and ageless. That's why I like to use old materials, to suggest the past whilst creating a more modern form.

Everything! I buy a lot of second-hand books, watch a lot of old films and I’m always on the lookout for things when I’m travelling. I store all these images and they feed my creativity.

We naturally pictured the Sessùn Table with handcrafted objects from the Sessùn Alma boutique and by mixing in my seafood plates, everything came together perfectly!

Sunshine, women and the sea.

A Nuova X-Line chair by Niels Jørgen Haugesen that I bought from my hairdresser, unlikely but true!