Artist's Statement
Printmaking gives me a buzz because it gives me the opportunity to combine my creative streak with a love of practical experimentation fostered during my career as a scientist and teacher. I love that moment when you take the first pull off a new plate!
My inspiration comes from a lifelong love of the natural world and my experiences working as an ecologist, in the water industry in particular. It is no surprise that water and the life within it is a recurring theme in my work and many of my prints feature the wild life habitats and species I worked with in the field. I am interested in creating prints rooted in landscapes that are meaningful to me and I'm also very excited by patterns and textures in nature. I like painterly prints and sometimes my work can lean towards the abstract. Reduction linocutting is one of my favourite methods as I like the element of danger! I have embraced the challenge of working with wood with a series of woodcut seascapes and wood engravings of the natural world.
Igniting student’s passion for print is a great joy and I really enjoy teaching lino and block printing workshops in my studio.
I am a member of Cambridge Open Studios and Cambridge Drawing Society and exhibit at VK Gallery in St Ives, Cambridgeshire and Church Street Gallery in Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire.
Nina Sage BSc, PGCE.