sarah burgess

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Graphic

Graphic

Tangled thickets of winter branches, drawn, cut and wrapped with meticulous care highlight growing points and resilience.
Mounted in a deep box frame. 2014

Wrapped tendrils of wood and mono-print drawing
67cm x 67cm

£450.00 Framed
The energy of plant growth fascinates me and the power of pruning to direct growth by removing old wood to stimulate buds into new growth always amazes. These "drawings" use meticulous tread wrapping of complex forms to highlight and celebrate tenacious growth and determination.
Crux. detail 2013

Crux. detail 2013

Wall mounted. Wrapped plant tendrils highlight growth and tenacity. Printed shadows reflect complexity.

Original
Mono-print drawing, wrapped prunings and pot shards
20cm x 20cm
Pinpoint wrapping pot-shards prunings
Fragmented Life Story. 2010

Fragmented Life Story. 2010

Enigmatic fragments, evidence of other lives.

Found shards of ceramic cups
21cm x 29cm
Glove Box, 2005. Glove Stories

Glove Box, 2005. Glove Stories

Wooden box containing an unfinished leather glove and a wire hand.

Leather, wire, paper, digital print, needle, linen thread in wooden box
14cm x 43cm
Punctum. 2010

Punctum. 2010

An arrested moment. Fractured plate composed of found ceramic shards with a wrapped red crack running through.

found ceramic shards, linen thread, ceramic plates, nylon line
300cm x 100cm
Earth and Sky

Earth and Sky

An impression of landscape with text. Paper inserted with silk and gauze. Mounted but unframed

29cm x 36cm

£150.00
Free interpretations of a familiar landscape in the Peak District experienced in all weathers and seasons. Mono-print adds richness and whispers of memory.
Disfunctional Pins. 2011

Disfunctional Pins. 2011

Subverting the functionality of a safetypin, imporvisation introduces risk

wire, cotton, linen and thorns, wrapping
29cm x 21cm
Emergency Kit, 2011

Emergency Kit, 2011

Monotype with added functioning equipment.

Monotype drawing on paper, added objects
30cm x 40cm
Fragments of the Human Heart, No 7. 2010

Fragments of the Human Heart, No 7. 2010

One of a series of 10 drawings exploring the sequence of burning and exposing a wrapped ceramic shard.

Ink and watercolour on paper
50cm x 40cm
Glove Drawer, Withdrawn. Glove Stories. 2005.

Glove Drawer, Withdrawn. Glove Stories. 2005.

A compartmented perspex drawer containing a sequence of five glove patterns, increasingly elaborately worked with drawn thread and hand prints.

drawn thread embroidered linen, printed cotton organdie, hand stitch
44cm x 107cm
Drowning By Numbers; 2 degrees and 4 degrees

Drowning By Numbers; 2 degrees and 4 degrees

Hand stitched organdie with text and statistics relating to sea level rise due to global warming picked out by a rising tide of dye.

140cm x 110cm
Evan a 2 degree rise in global temperatures by 2100 will result in significant sea level rise, drowning vulnerable communities and speeding up climate change.The names of the ten most vulnerable world cities and their human populations were stitched and then drowned in dye. The stitching wicks up the dye differently according to fibre content picking out text and numbers before drowning them as the dye migrates through the cloth