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Helen London designs and makes bespoke, high quality silverware and jewellery. All pieces are handcrafted from her workshop based in Gloucestershire. She studied at the London Guildhall University and later at the Bishopsland Educational Trust in South Oxfordshire.
The engineer is ingrained within her though. As a youngster Helen would daydream about the technicalities of constructing a tree house or a go kart. How would the steering mechanism work, how would it brake? Now she satisfies both passions by creating visually beautiful pieces but pushing herself technically.
In terms of artistic influence Helen admires highly decorative eastern craft and architecture because of the awe inspiring focus on details which complement the whole. She also sites Art Nouveau and Japanese prints as inspiration for their graphic like qualities of pattern and form. Both of these influences can be traced in her designs, obviously for their decorative quality, but also in the simple shapes and sweeping lines of their construction.
Aside from filigree jewellery and silverware Helen makes chased wall pieces that are heat treated and textured to add further surface interest. Here she is able to explore her love of form and pattern by tracing simplified and abstracted images of life drawings and other studies of nature. Chasing is a technique of drawing in metal and harks back to some of her earliest and most enjoyable experiences in art.
Helen runs a vast range of classes for all abilities and they are suitable for all occasions. If you are a complete beginner, or someone with jewellery making experience, there is something to suit you. Please visit our website to find out more information about the classes and dates.
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