Pangolin

"These prints are closely related to my wire sculptures and wall hangings where I employ hand-fabricated processes of weaving and knotting to create intensely worked surfaces and detailed images. The process of making such wire nets is slow and emphasizes time as a tangible quality embodied in the material. I try to allow my chosen imagery to resonate with this quality in evoking fragility and the passage of time. There is a very definite textile sensibility to my work and I often make connections to domestic textile practices and decorative ornament in African and Western craft traditions." Walter Oltmann, 2020