For several years, Helen has been developing methods to use discarded items in her art practice and has created a constant flow of diverse ideas to produce work incorporating collage, paint, paper, embroidery, fabric and found objects. Thread is often used as a drawing material. Silk is applied in the mosaic technique and larger fabric configurations are used to create complicated abstractions.
Her aim is to remove the identity of a chosen item. Thus transforming it into a workable art medium, with a renewed existence that is unrelated to the original.