Christine Sawyer
![COLOUR WRAP COLOUR WRAP](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/colour-wrap-B.jpg)
COLOUR WRAP
![EMPTY VESSEL EMPTY VESSEL](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/Empty-vessel-B.jpg)
EMPTY VESSEL
![JOURNEY JOURNEY](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/Journey-B.jpg)
JOURNEY
![LOOP LOOP](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/Loop-B.jpg)
LOOP
![NIMBUS NIMBUS](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/Nimbus-B.jpg)
NIMBUS
![STUDY FOR APPROACHING STORM STUDY FOR APPROACHING STORM](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/Study-for-Approaching-storm-B.jpg)
STUDY FOR APPROACHING STORM
![WINTER BOAT WINTER BOAT](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/winterboat-B.jpg)
WINTER BOAT
![YESTERDAY'S MUST HAVES YESTERDAY'S MUST HAVES](images/showcase/christine-sawyer/yesterdays-B.jpg)
YESTERDAY'S MUST HAVES
I trained in fine art and taught for some years before becoming a full time tapestry weaver in the mid 1980's. I exhibit here and abroad, and have been commissioned by, among others, Coca Cola Schweppes and the House of Lords.
My work is a response to a specific environment, occurrence, or current obsession and is a mixture of observation, memory, and imagination
In 2010 I received a Theo Moorman Trust award to make new work from a series of large graphite drawings, which reflect concerns for the natural world: changes in weather patterns, waste, and the loss of resources.
It has been an inspirational experience, generating a new approach to working, largely in monochrome in a closely observed tonal range. Recently, though, through normal working practice, colour is reappearing, and I am starting a series of vivid miniatures which express notions of renewal and regrowth.