Sally Hirst
About Sally
Sally Hirst is a UK based collagist, printmaker, painter, curator and teacher. She is known for abstract works exploring themes of journeys, and the interplay between chaos and control. After many years teaching she now divides her time between creating work for exhibitions and teaching both online and in-person, Her book ‘Printmaking for Collage’ will be published in 2026 by Crowood Press.
Class Details
Creative Collage with Cold Wax
Using cold wax medium to both create your collage papers, and as your collage adhesive will provide a fabulous, playful exploration and deeper understanding of mixed media. Combining cold wax medium with oil paint enables us to build interesting textural surfaces. It will also transform delicate tissue papers into translucent collage material, allowing for fabulous layering effects.
On this course we will start by making our collage papers using oil and cold wax. Exploring a range of techniques to achieve textural effects and rich layers on both thick papers and thin tissues. The nature of cold wax means the papers will be ready to use the next day. We will cut and arrange thicker papers as a base for building layers of translucent papers.
