Sally Hirst
is “an artist based in Norwich, UK. Creating works on paper and mixed-media
paintings informed by the textures, colours and structures of the urban
environment.”
Her work is
influenced by the Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi. reflecting the “patina of
time” and the decayed qualities of the urban environment.
For her
collages Sally Hirst uses opaque and translucent papers she printed herself using
various techniques like gelli printing, collagraph printing. As she writes in
her artist’s statement “By choosing processes that allow the interplay of both
formal and contingent elements I create a tension in the work, between
intention and chance, control and accident, past and present, concealing and
revealing”.
Sally Hirst is also a qualified teacher and runs a series of online
courses for artists of all levels.
Although she is not a textile artist, I chose her, because of the theme she works in and the colours she uses in her work. Her work is abstract but I can easily make a connection with industrial environment in it. Would I have to choose a non textile artist to reproduce the work (in textiles) I think I would choose her.
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