Sara Impey, Cognitive Dissonance, 2026
45 x 45 cm
Calico, wholecloth free-motion machine stitched, machine quilted
For the last twenty years Impey’s work has featured lettering, achieved by free-motion machine embroidery. This is a painstaking process but gives her the freedom to compose the text as she is stitching it so that the words go straight from her brain to her needle. A former newspaper journalist, Impey likes to use the textile surface to comment on contemporary issues. She is particularly interested in how language in public life can be used to persuade, to manipulate and sometimes to mislead. Another recent theme is the effect of information overload and cognitive dissonance.
