Helen Edwards - Mixed Media - Exhibition

An exhibition of mixed media textiles by Helen Edwards at 45 Southside, Plymouth. September 4th - October 4th 2011

Helen Edwards is a mixed media textile artist based in South Devon. She continually pushes the boundaries of textiles to produce innovative and beautiful work, which may not always be immediately recognisable as textile.
She uses her skills in ceramics, metals and textiles to construct intricate and unique mixed media artwork with visual and tactile appeal. Photography, printing and etching, stitching, weaving and dyeing are some of the many processes Helen uses to give her work its characteristic texture, pattern and colour.
We first became aware of Helen at the Craft Fair at Bovey Tracey, where she exhibited in the Higher Education tent as part of South Devon College. Two years later we are very much looking forward to exhibiting her work at 45 Southside in the autumn of 2011.
Art is a second career for Helen who worked for 21 years as a speach and language therapist. She developed her interest in art, photography and textiles initially alongside her career, before taking the plunge in 2007 and embarking on a Foundation Degree in Intregrated Crafts at South Devon College. She has since been fast establishing herself as a craftartist, exhibiting widely and winning many prizes. Her work is a unique combination of textile- and pewterwork with photography techniques.
Her work is wide ranging including functional objects, jewellery and sculptural as well as wall-based work but also conceptual pieces.
"We chose to exhibit Helen's work, during the period in which Plymouth hosts the British Art Show 7, because we believe her work merges craft and contemporary art."

For more information visit http://www.45southside.co.uk/pdf/45Southside-HelenEdwards-Exhibition.pdf