Sarah Pasricha from Sarah and Sorrentino & Sarah Hammond from Sarah Hammond Studio first became friends at university, both studying Fashion Design at Nottingham Trent. After the Sarahs graduated in 2004, they both embarked on their own separate paths of design and creativity.

Pasricha worked at Ralph Lauren in NYC, and then proceeded to work on films such as ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and ‘1917’. After working in the film industry for a number of years, Sarah’s passion and enthusiasm for print design and colour naturally evolved into her next adventure as founding member and director of the clothing label ‘Sarah and Sorrentino’, with features in the likes of British Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Sarah’s goal is to ‘create beautifully designed and masterly crafted women’s wear’ and aims to ‘add individual and eye-catching pieces to the customer’s wardrobes which they will love for a lifetime’.

 Hammond is a British and Canadian visual artist living in Vancouver, Canada. Sarah is a devotee and an ally to the natural world. Her fine line, highly detailed drawings seek to capture and showcase the natural world’s stunning biodiversity, bringing the beauty of the outside into our homes. Hammond worked as a sportswear designer for the likes of Nike and Lululemon and for the last 16 years has been focusing more on her illustration work.

 ‘Symmetry of Nature’ presented itself when Hammond drew each insect on a blown-up scale to really capture its exquisite detail. To recreate the fragility of the wings she concentrated intently on one side before mirroring the other with a directed emphasis on its natural symmetry. Symmetry in nature, and by extension human perception, has come to be known as a reliable metric of quality and beauty. By representing such small creatures as larger iterations, Sarah is drawing attention not only to their beauty but also to their integral contribution to the ecosystem. Many animals rely on pollinators to create and maintain such habitats, but by virtue of their size, these insects can often be overlooked. Through their amplification Sarah aims to make such insects and their natural beauty more visible.

 With this collaboration, the Sarahs paths have now crossed once again years later with Hammond’s ‘Symmetry of Nature’ beautifully printed on Pasricha’s colourful kimonos and scarves with Sarah and Sorrentino. Pasricha’s use of striking, beautiful colour gives Hammond’s mostly monochromatic pencil work a new lease of life. The scarves are printed and sewn in London, all sewn by Sarah Pasricha herself and are sustainably made in the UK, either to order or in small batches. 5% of all sales in the UK will go to The Wildlife Trust ‘Save bees and pollinators’ and 5% of all sales in Canada will go to David Suzuki’s Pollinators project.