Helen Slater Stokes
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work combines notions of visual spatial perception with current issues around encroachment, distancing, and proximity. Titles reference a dialogue around health, social inequalities, and overcrowding, by suggesting we consider our perception of space and the space between, as we coexist. Geometric forms analyse the mathematical quantifiable nature of space, devoid of emotion, as theses virtual, almost holographic, time-based spaces animate and change, in harmony with the observer’s movement. These pieces ask questions about the observed three-dimensional nature of an image and the possibility of fabricating a virtual space within glass. CONTACT [email protected] www.helenslaterglass.com www.instagram.com/helenslaterglass www.facebook.com/Helenslaterglass |
ARTIST'S BACKGROUND
My glass practice is based on the edge of the Cotswolds and was established in 2001, after gaining an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in 1996. Since then, I have lectured in glass at various universities and exhibited my work both nationally and internationally. In 2013 I went back to the Royal College of Art to undertake PhD research into 'The Optical Perception of Image in Glass’, which I completed in 2021. My work has been selected to be shown at the British Glass Biennale 2017, 2019, and 2022 and is held in both public and private collections in the UK and the USA. I work to public and private commission, creating unique bespoke works, in addition to making pieces for gallery exhibition.
My glass practice is based on the edge of the Cotswolds and was established in 2001, after gaining an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in 1996. Since then, I have lectured in glass at various universities and exhibited my work both nationally and internationally. In 2013 I went back to the Royal College of Art to undertake PhD research into 'The Optical Perception of Image in Glass’, which I completed in 2021. My work has been selected to be shown at the British Glass Biennale 2017, 2019, and 2022 and is held in both public and private collections in the UK and the USA. I work to public and private commission, creating unique bespoke works, in addition to making pieces for gallery exhibition.