My exhibit inspired by the Mary Ware notebook, Nine Yards or Thereabouts was selected for the 2016 Fine Art Quilt Masters Exhibition at the Festival of Quilts. I have recently completed the second piece of work in my Mary Ware inspired series. Titled ‘Double strike’ the work references the innovative printing process the Wares used. Each […]
Booking is now open for my course ‘Inspired by the Lakes: Hand stitching and mark making’, 11-13 July 2017, at Glenthorne Quaker Centre in Grasmere. More information info@helenparrott.co.uk
In these days of cold, still silence it is often easier to stay in my warm studio. Once settled I find myself sorting out the piles and boxes around me. To my surprise, I find several forgotten pieces which are only a few stitches away from completion. I spend happy hours finishing and stretching a […]
Helen lives and works in Sheffield, England, close to the Peak District National Park. She has been making and exhibiting her art textiles since 1990. Helen is known for her landscape based work and later minimalist quilts. Helen has exhibited widely, in group and solo touring exhibitions in the UK, US and Japan and with the European […]
As the world around is returning to normal after the midwinter festivities, it is time to move forward into the new year. This year I feel a renewed need to look at the balance between the old, the new and the continuing aspects of my creative life and work. As an artist and creative person […]
Find out more about my previous work and exhibitions
My work has been featured in various books and magazines including: Embroidery, November 2002, Ian Wilson ‘Stitches, circles and squares’ Fiberarts, December 2000, Ian Wilson ‘The ties that bind’ Quilt Art, Moving On, Catalogue 2000 Crafts Magazine, March/April 1998 The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, 1998 Northern Earth Mysteries Journal, 1998 Quilt Art, New Work, Catalogue, 1996 […]
Key images that have influenced my work, often landscape images at particular seasonal moments.
My exhibit inspired by the Mary Ware notebook, Nine Yards or Thereabouts was featured in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus