Sadye Harvey is an, artist, designer and teacher living in Los Angeles. Sadye co-founded an award-winning sewing-manufacturing company in Colorado, has taught teams from dozens of major companies all over the world, and has helped to produce and curate beautiful creative experiences for thousands of people.
As a maker, Sadye follows her curiosity to explore a range of mediums including leather work, marbling, basket weaving, knitting, sewing, dyeing and pattern making. From her home studio, she pursues the creation of beautiful accessories and home goods under her brand Temerity, working by hand, using sustainable materials and focusing on longevity. She has been sewing all her life, gleaning instruction and knowledge from her mother, her costume design professor, a downtown Los Angeles designer, and scores of talented cutters, pattern makers, tailors and sewists with whom she has worked over the years.
She holds at the core of her teaching ethos that sitting down to begin is the most courageous step of a creative journey, curiosity is key, and that not only is everyone capable of making lovely things, but that it is a necessary part of being fully human.
