Sarah Burgess

Email: sarahburgess6@gmail.com
Website: www.sarah-burgess.com
Website: www.textilestudygroup.co.uk/members

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Mono print, or mono-type printing, has become a passion with me. I have always loved drawing and the way that a very simple drawn line or mark, made on the reverse of a piece of paper or fabric which has been laid on a thin layer of printing ink, picks up the ink and becomes so much more expressive never fails to excite me.

Mono-print is ideal for original, creative work on paper or fabric where each print is unique.

Working with print on semi-transparent surfaces gives lots of potential for layering marks and images, cutting through layers and over printing, reusing cut away areas on the front or back of the work and perhaps developing shadows within the layers.

My training as an embroiderer frequently prompts me to add stitch to my prints, building further layers of marks and responding to the printed surface.

There is a lot of water in the valley where I live, streams and deeper pools give marvellous opportunities for reflection. The base of the pool may have decaying leaves and stones overlaid with floating weed, ripples across the surface and the reflections of light pouring through branches overhead dancing in the breeze.