Artist Bio

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​Combining curiosity, creativity, along with a great deal of stubbornness, Helen taught herself to woodturn (starting in 2019) so that she could finally try using spindles for making handspun yarn which she saw in history books and paintings, but could not find anywhere to purchase.  Over the years, she has explored making fibre art tools to support spinning, weaving, sewing, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, nålebinding, and cordmaking.  

 

Helen also makes other functional art pieces through woodturning, such as bowls, platters, candlesticks, and ornaments, and is beginning to work at making large-scale wooden sculptures.  She is endlessly fascinated with making less round things more round, through woodturning.

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