sally gunnett
I work with natural elements to record places and periods of time, mainly using
plants and their naturally occurring dyes. After a rural upbringing I moved to
London in 2000 and have lived and worked here since. I graduated with a degree
in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College in 2003 and recently completed the Artist
Teacher Scheme at Oxford Brookes University with distinction. I am currently
working as a freelance artist and teacher having previously taught art and
photography in mainstream education for over a decade, becoming a head of
department before deciding to concentrate on my own artistic practice after
giving birth to my son. I continue my love of teaching by delivering workshops
and courses. My current practice explores the change and growth of plants in my
garden and other places which have significance to me. I work with time-based
processes and alternative printmaking techniques, using pigments in plant dyes
and rust, to record periods in time or the status of plants at a particular
moment. I am interested in the unpredictability of these processes and the
effects that they have both on the plants used to create them and the
environment they are created in. I am currently investigating how nature can be
used to record periods of time by creating work in the environment, documenting
the effects of natural elements such as rain. I have work in private and public
collections internationally and have exhibited nationally including at the
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair for the past three years. I completed a
residency in 2018 as part of the New: Defence arts project in Essex which
culminated in a solo exhibition of the work I created.
