Helen Colling - November 2016

Helen Colling was introduced to needlework at an early age and was encouraged by her City & Guilds tutor to apply for a 3 year Stitched Textile Diploma with Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn.  During the drawing module she explored transparency – looking through glass doors, reflections, shadows and layers.  The topic for her final piece was the atmosphere after something has gone. 

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Helen has developed her work since her qualification using poetry and the transparency layering technique.  She explained how she uses Reynolds freezer paper to print photos onto cloth and hand stitches outlines.  We were interested to see her final work sandwiched between two layers of Perspex which emphasises the transparency theme.

Helen takes part in Open Studios and exhibits with Oxford Textile Artists and is a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen (www.societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk/).

Report by Ros