From today, visitors to Sheffield are being given the chance to see more than 100 artists in their studios in a five-day celebration of the city's creativity, writes Catherine Scott. Pictures by Simon Hulme.
When Sarah Joseph-Dasent and her husband travelled to the UK from their home in Trinidad, it was only supposed to be for a year. But then the pandemic hit and they were not allowed to return. Instead the artist and her music producer husband moved to Sheffield where they had family and were welcomed with open arms. Now Sarah is one of more than 100 artists opening their studios to the public as part of the five-day Open Up Sheffield festival which starts today .
'My subjects range from landscapes to UK wildlife to surreal donkey compositions and larger abstract works.” James studied art at university back in the early 1990s. “I never realised you could do printmaking . About 20 years ago I was lent some lino, tools and inks and I made a print of my cat. I was hooked straight away. I now teach workshops roughly once a month, and love to see how people from different backgrounds approach creating prints.
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