Collection: Sarah Hopkins : Printmaker : Swansea

Industrial and agricultural heritage are recurring themes in Sarah’s work.

She has always been fascinated by man-made landscapes and the architectural shapes and patterns, which tell us so much about the history and culture of a place. 

Sarah works primarily with printmaking processes and her screen prints are particularly celebrated. She creates intricate, hand-cut and torn paper stencils, and builds her images by printing multiple layers of colour adding depth and detail. She likes to challenge the conventions of traditional printmaking by layering light pigments over dark, enjoying the translucency and opacity of the medium.

Her most recent work celebrates Swansea’s short-lived production of porcelain in the 1800s and focuses on the significance of treasured objects and heirlooms.