Sally Spens
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Ancient NatureSally SpensEtching£ 425.00 -
Ancient NatureSally SpensEtching£ 425.00
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AntiquitySally SpensEtching, hand finished with watercolour£ 295.00
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Biennale Shadows ISally SpensMounted Etching£ 325.00
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Biennale Shadows IISally SpensMounted Etching£ 325.00
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Biennale Shadows IIISally SpensEtching, hand finished with watercolour£ 325.00
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CascadeSally SpensMounted Etching£ 350.00
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CascadeSally SpensMounted Etching£ 350.00
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Deja BlueSally SpensEtching£ 250.00
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EarthshineSally SpensMounted Etching with Aquatint£ 425.00
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EarthshineSally SpensMounted Etching with Aquatint£ 425.00
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Entrance from the Water, VeniceSally SpensEtching£ 200.00
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FlowSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 250.00
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From the WaterlineSally SpensEtching with aquatint£ 425.00
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Homage to FortunySally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 225.00
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LandSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 250.00
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LanternsSally SpensEtching, hand finished with Watercolour£ 235.00
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Moon Jar ISally SpensEtching£ 425.00
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Moon Jar IISally SpensEtching£ 425.00
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Moon Jar IIISally SpensEtching£ 425.00
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Near to EveningSally SpensEtching£ 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.£ 225.00
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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.£ 225.00
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Peggy Guggenheim's Garden, VeniceSally SpensPainted Etching£ 120.00
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Persimmon Tree, January in KyotoSally SpensPainted Etching£ 350.00
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Plane Tree, January in LondonSally SpensEtching£ 350.00
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Revisited IISally SpensEtching£ 250.00
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Shadow StoriesSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 250.00
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Snow, VeniceSally SpensEtching with Aquatint£ 75.00
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SojournSally SpensEtching£ 250.00
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St Mark's Square, VeniceSally SpensEtching with Watercolour£ 350.00
Available mounted or in a narrow grey frame with anti-reflective glass -
Tea with ClariceSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolour£ 175.00
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Tea with ClariceSally Spens£ 175.00
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Tea with ClariceSally SpensEtching with hand painted watercolour£ 175.00
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Tea with ClariceSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolour£ 175.00
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolour£ 175.00
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolour£ 175.00
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolour£ 175.00
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Tea with SoniaSally SpensEtching hand painted with watercolour£ 175.00
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The ArchipelagoSally SpensEtching with Watercolour£ 250.00
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The South China SeasSally Spens£ 225.00
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The Valley GardenSally SpensEtching with Aquatint£ 425.00
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TorchelloSally SpensEtching£ 375.00
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Towards EveningSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 220.00
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Towards MorningSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 220.00
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Under The Same MoonSally SpensMounted Etching£ 350.00
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Untitled View, VeniceSally SpensPainted Etching£ 75.00
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Vase Study ISally SpensPainted Etching£ 150.00
Available mounted or in a narrow brown frame with anti-reflective glass -
Vase Study IISally SpensMounted Etching£ 150.00
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Vase Study IISally SpensPainted Etching£ 150.00
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Vase Study II - pink/blue/goldSally SpensEtching£ 150.00
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Venice Threads Water and GoldSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 250.00
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WinterSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 175.00
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Wrought Wild by the SeaSally SpensEtching on Painted Paper£ 250.00
Frame: 76.5cm x 78.5cm
Drawing is central to Sally Spens's work as a textile designer and printmaker. She uses intaglio printing techniques on copper plate, which allows for huge variations of detail and expression. In her etchings of Imagined Pots, she combines drawings, memories with still life interpretations of elegant ceramic vessels. Her work with a Japanese textile company, on designs for summer kimonos, is also a major influence, particularly in her botanical works which bring Eastern crafted sensibilities to her handmade prints and recall the subtleties and richness of her textile designs.
Sally studied Textiles and Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London, and went on to work as a textile designer in London, New York and Japan. Since 1989 her work at design partnership Bentley & Spens has been archived by the Victoria & Albert Museum, and her etchings have been exhibited at Aqua Art Miami, Florida; The Crypt Gallery, St. Ives; the Affordable Art Fair, Milan and The Royal Geographical Society, London. In 2018 and 2022 she undertook art residencies at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, and in 2022 she was invited to exhibit at the Venice Art Biennale. Her work is held in the Public Collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Changsha University, Hunan province, China. She lives and works in Cornwall.
Frame: 76.5cm x 78.5cm
‘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.
