Sally Spens
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Ancient NatureSally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Ancient Nature£ 350.00 -
AntiquitySally SpensEtching, hand finished with watercolourSally Spens, Antiquity£ 295.00
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Biennale Shadows ISally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Biennale Shadows I£ 325.00
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Biennale Shadows IISally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Biennale Shadows II£ 325.00
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Biennale Shadows IIISally SpensEtching, hand finished with watercolour
Available mounted or in a narrow grey frame with anti-reflective glassSally Spens, Biennale Shadows III£ 325.00 -
CascadeSally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Cascade£ 350.00
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CascadeSally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Cascade£ 350.00
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Deja BlueSally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Deja Blue£ 250.00
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EarthshineSally SpensMounted Etching with Aquatint
Hand finished with watercolourSally Spens, Earthshine£ 350.00 -
Entrance from the Water, VeniceSally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Entrance from the Water, Venice£ 200.00
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FlowSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Flow£ 250.00
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From the WaterlineSally SpensEtching with aquatintSally Spens, From the Waterline£ 350.00
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Homage to FortunySally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Homage to Fortuny£ 225.00
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LandSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Land£ 250.00
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LanternsSally SpensEtching, hand finished with WatercolourSally Spens, Lanterns£ 235.00
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Moon Jar ISally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Moon Jar I£ 350.00
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Moon Jar IISally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Moon Jar II£ 350.00
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Moon Jar IIISally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Moon Jar III£ 350.00
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Near to EveningSally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Near to Evening£ 225.00
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Night Garden Series, No. II (Chine Colle)Sally SpensPainted etching with chine colle - a techniqe which layers lightweight tissue or here Japanese paper over the plate before printing.Sally Spens, Night Garden Series, No. II (Chine Colle)Sold
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Night Garden Series, No. IVSally SpensPainted etching with chine colle - a techniqe which layers lightweight tissue or here Japanese paper over the plate before printing.Sally Spens, Night Garden Series, No. IV£ 225.00
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Persimmon Tree, January in KyotoSally SpensPainted EtchingSally Spens, Persimmon Tree, January in Kyoto£ 350.00
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Plane Tree, January in LondonSally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Plane Tree, January in London£ 350.00
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Revisited IISally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Revisited II£ 250.00
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Shadow StoriesSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Shadow Stories£ 250.00
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Snow, VeniceSally SpensEtching with AquatintSally Spens, Snow, Venice£ 75.00
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SojournSally SpensEtchingSally Spens, Sojourn£ 250.00
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St Mark's Square, VeniceSally SpensEtching with Watercolour
Available mounted or in a narrow grey frame with anti-reflective glassSally Spens, St Mark's Square, Venice£ 350.00 -
Tea with ClariceSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with Clarice£ 175.00
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Tea with ClariceSally Spens
Etching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with Clarice£ 175.00 -
Tea with ClariceSally SpensEtching with hand painted watercolourSally Spens, Tea with ClariceSold
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Tea with ClariceSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with ClariceSold
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with SoniaSold
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with Sonia£ 175.00
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with Sonia£ 175.00
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolourSally Spens, Tea with SoniaSold
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The ArchipelagoSally SpensEtching with WatercolourSally Spens, The Archipelago£ 250.00
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The Flowers Follow Snow on the Silk Road blueSally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, The Flowers Follow Snow on the Silk Road blue£ 350.00
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The South China SeasSally SpensSally Spens, The South China Seas£ 225.00
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The Valley GardenSally SpensEtching with AquatintSally Spens, The Valley Garden£ 350.00
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Towards EveningSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Towards Evening£ 220.00
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Towards MorningSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Towards Morning£ 220.00
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Under The Same MoonSally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Under The Same Moon£ 350.00
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Untitled View, VeniceSally SpensPainted EtchingSally Spens, Untitled View, Venice£ 75.00
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Vase Study ISally SpensPainted Etching
Available mounted or in a narrow brown frame with anti-reflective glassSally Spens, Vase Study I£ 150.00 -
Vase Study ISally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Vase Study ISold
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Vase Study ISally SpensPainted Etching
Available mounted or in a narrow brown frame with anti-reflective glassSally Spens, Vase Study I£ 150.00 -
Vase Study IISally SpensMounted EtchingSally Spens, Vase Study II£ 150.00
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Vase Study IISally SpensPainted Etching
Available mounted or in a narrow brown frame with anti-reflective glassSally Spens, Vase Study II£ 150.00 -
Venice Threads Water and GoldSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Venice Threads Water and Gold£ 250.00
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WinterSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Winter£ 175.00
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Wrought Wild by the SeaSally SpensEtching on Painted PaperSally Spens, Wrought Wild by the Sea£ 250.00
Printmaker Sally Spens studied Fine Art and Textiles at London’s Goldsmiths College, and her beautiful hand printed fabric designs are included in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s prestigious 20th Century Design Collection. Her delicate hand printed etchings, inspired by the patterns and forms of nature, have a rhythmic quality and show a designer’s eye for line and composition.
Sally has been invited by the European Cultural Centre in Venice to exhibit her etchings during the Biennale in 2022 and her work was shown in the ‘Kimono to Catwalk’ Textile Designs Exhibition (with Bentley and Spens) at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 27th August - 25th October 2020
‘Drawing has always been central to my work, both as a textile designer and as a painter/printmaker. It is important to me that the images are handmade, and originate from my drawings and experience. In the ‘Etchings of Imagined Pots’, images drawn from memory and observation are combined with that of vessels, linking associations with both. Working with a Japanese company for seven years on designs for summer kimonos has also been a major influence, particularly in the compositional botanical works. I feel privileged to have had that contact with the culture of Japan and try to bring those crafted sensibilities to my work as a printmaker. The making of etchings, intaglio onto copper plate, allows for infinite variations of expression and the transformation of images.’
Arts Education:
BA Hons. Textiles/Fine Art, University of London, Goldsmiths’ College
Joint and Solo Exhibitions
2020
‘Kimono to Catwalk’, Textile Designs (with Bentley and Spens). Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 29th February - 21st June
2019
Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall. Etchings by Sally Spens, Sculpture by Philip Wakeham
2018
Across Culture: Drawings by Yuko Moriyama, Painting by Sally Spens
Aqua Art Miami with Fine Art Consultancy
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham Racecourse with Fine Art Consultancy
Take 6 Artists, The Crypt Gallery, St. Ives.
Affordable Art Fair, Milan
2017
Works on Paper Fair at the Royal Geographical Society, London. Showing contemporary work alongside Modern British with Fine Art Consultancy.
Affordable Art Fair, Milan.
Shared Histories: exhibition at the Salthouse, St. Ives – group show.
Take 5 Artists at the Crypt gallery, St. Ives.
‘Copper and Bronze’ at Whitewater Gallery, Polzeath: sculpture and metal plate etching.
Imagine Falmouth 2018 – selected exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery.
Aqua Art Miami with Fine Art Consultancy
2016
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives. Selected Associate in the Spring Members Show.
Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
Solo exhibition – ‘Kings’ Road to Kyoto’ - at the Salthouse Gallery, St. Ives.
Imagine Falmouth, Falmouth Art Gallery. Selected by Dr. Virginia Button, Director of Falmouth School of Art, Tim Shaw RA., and Janette Kerr, RWA.
The Boundary Gallery and Fine Art Consultancy – exhibition of Modern British and Contemporary work. Highgate Contemporary, London.
Prints from the Studio – Group show of printmakers from John Howard Print Studio.
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle – Featured artist at the Winter show.
2015
Works on Paper Fair at the Science Museum, London with Fine Art Consultancy.
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives. Selected Associate in the Spring Members Show.
John Howard Print Studios at the Crypt gallery, St. Ives.
20/21 International Art fair, Royal College of Art, London.
Affordable Art fair, Hong Kong
British Art Fair with Fine Art Consultancy. Modern British and Contemporary work.
Xiiaoxiang International Printmaking Exhibition, Mei Lun Gallery, Hunan Fine Art Institute,
Changsha, China.
2014
Works on Paper Art Fair, Science Museum, London with Fine Art Consultancy.
Affordable Art fair, Hong Kong.
20/21 Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London.
John Howard Print Studios at the Crypt gallery, St. Ives.
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives. Winter Associates Show.
Residencies:
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, 2018.
Awards:
Drawing Inspiration Award, 2004. Awards ceremony at the National Gallery.
Public Collections:
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, Permanent Collection.
Changsha University, Hunan province, China.
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice: Biennale Shadows Series
Publications:
‘British Textiles – 1700 to the Present’, published by the Victoria & Albert Museum,London, England
‘The Xiaoxing Exhibition of International Printmaking’ published by The Hunan Fine Art Publishing House, Changsha, China.
