Helen Giles

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Textiles, 2007

  Specialism

  Constructed Textiles, Weave

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• I produce hand-woven sculptural pieces to commission and Jacquard woven panels for interiors. These two symbiotic areas of work both inspire and feed back into each other.

  The work is particularly inspired by a fascination with shadows. My Jacquard designs are often developed from photographs taken of the shadows of my hand-woven wire pieces.

  Finishing techniques include industrial electroplating processes, in order to both fix the structure of the weaves and to transform the colours of the metals.

• Experience

• Selling Assistant, Furnishing Fabrics Department, Peter Jones (John Lewis Partnership), London, 2004-present; Designer/Sales, C P Hart, London, 1990-2; Interior Designer, Interior Design & Architectural practices: RPW Design Partnership, Kenzie Lovell, Helen Giles Ltd, Godfrey Giles & Co.Ltd, London, 1983-1990

• Exhibitions

• Grounds for Designs, Outdoor Group Show, MoDA, Barnet, Hertfordshire, 2005; Guest Artist of the Month, The Alchemist Gallery, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 2005; The Painters' Company Fine Art Society Exhibition, Group Show, Painters' Hall, London, 2002

• Awards

• Winner, The Worshipful Company of Weavers Commission for Textile Wall Hanging to form part of a collection of modern textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007; Joint Second, Colour Prize, The Worshipful Company of Dyers Textile Scholarship, 2006