“I’m inspired by both the physical and the unseen: the vastness of the universe, the quiet visual intelligence created as a bi-product for scientific research and patterns in nature. Constant curiosity, intuition and the visual language of symbols navigate the work I create.”
Sally Hirst Interview
Sally is offering a class soon in the UK utilizing all of Elise’s techniques and also Wagner Collagraph Wax.
In this conversation, Elise Wagner sits down with Sally Hirst, a Norwich-based painter, printmaker, and teacher known for her fearlessly experimental approach to printmaking. Working across collagraphy, drypoint, and monotype, Sally treats each print as a one-of-a-kind piece built in layers, embracing risk, chance, and reinvention over editions and repetition. She's also recently brought Wagner Collagraph Wax into her own studio practice and teaching, which makes this a genuine meeting of kindred spirits. Over the course of their talk, the two artists trade ideas on process, materials, and the restless curiosity that keeps their work evolving, a warm, generous exchange between two printmakers who love to push at the edges of what a print can be.
"Astral Terrain 1", 22 x 12 in
"Astral Terrain 2", 22 x 12 in
"Astral Terrain 3", 22 x 12 in
"Astral Terrain 4", 22 x 12 in
"Astral Terrain 5", 22 x 12 in
Frequencies 1, 40 x 30 x 2.25 in
Frequencies 2, 40 x 30 x 2.25 in
Frequencies 3, 40 x 30 x 2.25 in
Frequencies 4, 40 x 30 x 2.25 in
Video: In Conversation with
Elise Wagner
Elise talks at Maryhill Museum of Art about her Celestial Currents exhibition in July, 2025.
“Rooted in both scientific inquiry and metaphysical wonder, Wagner’s work offers a visual language for contemplating the rhythms of the universe. Each piece serves as a meditation on scale, time, and transformation, inviting viewers to consider their place within a broader, ever-evolving cosmos.
This exhibition invites reflection on the harmony between precision and unpredictability, structure and fluidity – offering a space where scientific knowledge and poetic intuition coalesce.”