Sandra James’ practice explores the edge—both literal and metaphorical—as boundary, threshold, and point of transformation. She works with found and overlooked materials, creating sculptural assemblages that reframe notions of value, permanence, and beauty. The edge becomes a site where the discarded is reimagined and the everyday made extraordinary.
This sculptural language extends into her screenprints. Geometric forms emerge from the contours, gaps, and material tensions within her sculptural process. Rather than direct translations, the prints function as visual studies, a way of “thinking through making.” Layering, repetition, and subtle registration shifts reveal how structure and instability coexist, while the edge of a form interrupts, disrupts, or introduces quiet variation.
Across both media, James embraces a process-led approach, privileging intuition over fixed outcomes. By moving between sculpture and print, she positions the edge not as a limit, but as a beginning—an active space of perception, experimentation, and transformation.
Sandra James is a multi-disciplinary artist working across print, painting, and sculpture. She graduated from the University of the West of England with a First-Class Honours degree in Drawing and Applied Arts, and has recently completed her MA in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking, where she was awarded the Clifford Moss Memorial Prize. This award recognises the most significant contribution to the technical element of the MA in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking.
Photo Credit, Caroline True.