Archives: Artists

Currently, my glass explores ‘Ways of Seeing’, creating handblown glass optic lenses that challenge perspective and ways of encountering the world. The results were showcased in Radical Responses as part of IASDR (International Association of Societies of Design Research) (2019) and feature in Virtual Milan Design Festival 2020. My film, featured at ‘Glass, Meet the Future’ , highlights the nature and opportunities of Collaborative Practice (https://northlandscreative.co.uk/2020/07/01/about-gmtf-2020/).

Exhibition
2021 <GAS Student Exhibition-A Showcase of Emerging, International Talent: Evolution, G. A. S.(U. S. A.)
2021 , Trakya University, Faculty of Fine Arts(Turkey)
2021 , EnvisionArts(U. S. A.)
2021 , Las Laguna Art Gallery(U. S. A.)
2021 , C. G. S.(United Kingdom)
2020 , Dongjak Art Gallery(Seoul, South Korea)
2020 , 251Lab(Seoul, South Korea)
2020 , Samgaksan Citizens Hall Gallery(Seoul, South Korea)
2020 , Bukchon Hanok Village Little Shelter Gallery(Seoul, South Korea)
2019 , Yemack Art Hall(Paju, South Korea)

Video / Music / Project
2020 ART FILM -1. Criss Cross, 2. Happy, 3. Shine a Light(Video Directed by J’Kyun)
2020 TWELVE Digital Single
2019 , Hyeri Art Village

Award / Grant
2021 , Korean Culture and Arts Council
2021 , Korea National University of Arts
2021 , EnvisionArts(Signed. Ginger Cochran)
2020 , Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism / Korean Culture and Arts Council / Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation
2020 , Korea National University of Arts
2020 , Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation
2020 , Seoul Cultural Foundation

Helen’s work is generally undertaken to commission, inspired by the client, the brief and the building, whether housed in historic or modern buildings, in ecclesiastical or secular contexts. Her aim is to engage the viewer through good design and craftsmanship, creating energy and movement intertwining contemporary and traditional elements.

Helen’s recent works include new windows for the RAF Club, London, and The Queen’s Window designed by David Hockney for Westminster Abbey.

I have mostly been demonstrating around the country, taking my work out to display and sell at major craft, art and country fairs. My most recent work has been developing different stemware and interior ranges at E&M glass.

We have built up our contemporary glass collection by David swapping work with other international artists and buying smaller pieces from exhibitions.
We also have an extensive 20th century British made glass collection, including Stewart’s Webb’s and Monart glass.

My work is inspired by landscape. I love exploring the rugged cliffs and other geological sites of Britain. It is there I am able to connect with the play of light on the natural world. My process begins when I am faced with the elements and the history of the land – the apparent as well as the unseen forces at work. The feel of the place interacts with my imagination. Glass, as a material to cast, is irresistible to me. I am inspired to design and make sculpture that interacts with light. I use the properties of transparency, refraction and reflection to create an inner world within an outer form. The process of making – from concept to realization – allows for the unexpected to take place. This can be exciting and often leads to new discoveries that inform and ensure the work is evolving. The sculptures are one-off pieces, many in private collections in the UK and abroad.

Recently I’ve designed and made a range of ‘everlasting flowers’
These are three dimensional, and stand on a spike in the garden or sunroom. The functionality comes from the fact that they are designed and made in a way that they collect water, so small birds can bath or drink from them!