Sarah Mander
After completing a Masters’ Degree in Printmaking at Wimbledon SOA Sarah co-founded Red Hot Press print workshop in Southampton in 2004. Sarah takes her inspiration from man-made objects and industrial and technological heritage. Her work can be abstract dealing with concepts of technology. It can also focus in on objects, particularly tools of the trade, parts of aircraft or spacecraft or early computers that were at the cutting edge of technology or on the cusp of change. These objects tell a story and she wants to celebrate these objects and concepts. Sarah is excited by colour and plays with combinations of colours. She uses etching, drypoint and collagraph techniques. These methods involve the erosion of metal and degradation of cardboard substrates, echoing the effects of time and use on her subject matter.