Lorna Kirin is a prize-winning printmaker, working from her home studio near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, predominately in drypoint, wood engraving and linocut.
Her work seeks to engage with a language of preservation and social history, exploring fragile and vulnerable stories that open a new conversation. Her subject matter is drawn from the most ancient artform of ceramics, in particular the extraordinarily comprehensive collection at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. It's a cultural gem that is she is lucky have on her doorstep and is where she spends time sketching and discovering fresh inspiration.
Her work also explores a theme of conservation in her precious legacy of family hand-made lace, as well as Medieval artefacts and stained glass fragments.
Through her intricate printed marks, Lorna carefully preserves the intrinsic beauty of ceramic, embracing signs of crazing and wear and reinterprets their composition, often with a juxtaposition of pieces that touch each other from different cultures and have sometimes been produced centuries apart. She seeks to present a modern interpretation to the viewer, inviting a deeper understanding of these quiet treasures.
The resulting prints are meditations on how fragility, time, and the act of remembering create a presence in our lives.
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Drypoint Edition of 5 Dimensions (WxH): 25 x 42cm
Lorna Kirin is a prize-winning printmaker, working from her home studio near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, predominately in drypoint, wood engraving and linocut.
Her work seeks to engage with a language of preservation and social history, exploring fragile and vulnerable stories that open a new conversation. Her subject matter is drawn from the most ancient artform of ceramics, in particular the extraordinarily comprehensive collection at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. It's a cultural gem that is she is lucky have on her doorstep and is where she spends time sketching and discovering fresh inspiration.
Her work also explores a theme of conservation in her precious legacy of family hand-made lace, as well as Medieval artefacts and stained glass fragments.
Through her intricate printed marks, Lorna carefully preserves the intrinsic beauty of ceramic, embracing signs of crazing and wear and reinterprets their composition, often with a juxtaposition of pieces that touch each other from different cultures and have sometimes been produced centuries apart. She seeks to present a modern interpretation to the viewer, inviting a deeper understanding of these quiet treasures.
The resulting prints are meditations on how fragility, time, and the act of remembering create a presence in our lives.
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