Sarah Liscoe
Sailmaking
Sarah Liscoe is a professional sailmaker and historical craft demonstrator who specialises in traditional sailmaking techniques. With decades of experience in the trade, she researches and recreates sails using historically accurate materials such as hemp, flax and cotton, helping to preserve skills that changed little until the late twentieth century.
Through demonstrations, workshops and living-history events across the UK, she teaches traditional skills such as hand sewing, knot-tying, splicing and rigging, sharing the history of sailmaking from the Tudor period to the modern era.
Events
Make a Ditty Bag & Learn About Sailmaking - Children & Families Workshop
Tuesday 26 May, 10.30am - 12.30pm, at MAKE Southwest
This hands-on workshop explores the history of sailmaking, introducing participants to traditional tools and techniques once used to craft and repair sails. Using reclaimed sailcloth, participants will then create their own ditty bag, learning simple construction and decoration skills.
10+ years. Pay What You Can. Book online.
Make a Ditty Bag & Learn About Sailmaking - Children & Families Workshop
Tuesday 26 May, 1.30pm - 3.30pm, at MAKE Southwest
This hands-on workshop explores the history of sailmaking, introducing participants to traditional tools and techniques once used to craft and repair sails. Using reclaimed sailcloth, participants will then create their own ditty bag, learning simple construction and decoration skills.
10+ years. Pay What You Can. Book online.
Find out more about the heritage craft of sailmaking on our Bloomberg Connects guide!
