HELEN TERRY

By mixing screen-printing with drawing and mono-print techniques, Terry creates unique and exciting patterns on clothes. Helen works with cloth because of the way it can be manipulated and changed and hold the traces of what is done to it. Generally beginning with a white cloth, she scrapes and paints layers of dye onto it and experiments with shibori processes to add layers of colours and marks. Helen then tears, folds, layers and stitches pieces of dyed cloth into a larger whole that conveys a sense of a story or journey.

Helen is inspired by found marks - whether natural or human-made - particularly the kind that reflect the wear and tear inflicted by time and the environment and suggest something about the history of the object. A recurring theme in her work is the way we interpret fragments and traces to create our own stories and meaning.

Reference

Helen Terry - Biography & Works - Bircham Gallery (no date). [Online]. Available at https://www.birchamgallery.co.uk/catalogue/artist/Helen:Terry/biography/. [Accessed on 15/01/2020]

Terry, H., (2015). Helen Terry - Experimentation. Helen Terry. [Online]. Available at http://www.helenterryart.co.uk/blog/2015/6/6/experimentation. [Accessed on 15/01/2020]