One of the great pleasures in life is reading and a really good book often provides visual and textual inspiration. My current favourites are ‘Why we make things and why it matters’ by Peter Korn published 2013 and ’18th Century Embroidery Techniques’ by Gail Marsh, published in 2006 by The Guild of Master Craftsmen. I […]
I have drawn together some of my inspiration, ideas and techniques into a book: Mark-making in textile art. More details From time to time I have written articles including: ‘Inspiration from an 18th century fabric’.The Quilter Summer 2017, No.151. Relics, March 2016, Journal of the Pascack Historical Society, New Jersey, US. ‘Challenging Conversations’. The Quilter, Summer […]
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. The research I carried out for this project is now published in the Summer 2017 edition of the The Quilter magazine. I have recently completed the second piece […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Mark making in textile art published 2013 by Batsford, London and co-published by Interweave in the US with a different cover and the same content as Mark Making: Fresh inspiration for Quilt and Fiber Artists. Recently reprinted, my book is available via bookshops or online. In my first book I sought to share the ideas, places and techniques […]