Saira Baig

Saira’s work brings together textiles, screen printing, linocut, and hand embroidery to distort and manipulate the natural forms of age rings created by trees, with some becoming almost unrecognisable. She has used these materials to represent humans’ manipulation and damage to nature. It is a commentary on how deforestation is destroying important ecosystems and how trees are being forced to adapt and live amongst us, stripping them of the connectivity and environments they need to thrive.