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helen slater

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Mediums Used

Kiln formed glass, cast glass,

Helen Slater Stokes gained an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in 1996. Having set up her artistic practice and studio in 1999, exhibiting both nationally and internationally, she went back to the Royal College of Art in 2013 to carry out research, on a part-time basis, into The Optical Perception of Image in Glass. Through this research she completed a PhD by practice, at the Royal College of Art, in 2021.
Helen lectures part-time at University and has presented research papers at numerous conferences. Her work has been selected to be shown at the British Glass Biennale 2017, 2019 and 2022, and is held in the Imagine Museum Collection, Florida. It has been selected by Bullseye Projects to be exhibited in their current touring exhibition around America, gaining a bronze award, and was featured in the Corning Museum’s New Glass Review 41.

By exploiting the medical science of optical perception in conjunction with historic and contemporary illusionary image techniques, my work discusses our notion of ‘Space and Place’ and challenges our spatial perception. Pieces adopt traditional observational drawing techniques to capture perceived depth, in conjunction with contemporary lenticular image and lens technology. My aim is that my work asks questions about the observed three-dimensional nature of an image, whilst considering ‘entry’ & ‘reflection’ as key aspects of cultural and visual interaction with the surface of the pictorial plane.

Conceptually my work combine 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.

Each piece is created in the tradition of the kiln formed glass studio, but also has synergies with contemporary casting and optical digital lenticular technological.

Sculptures by helen slater

Into The Blue (Abstract Contemporary Circular Glass Panel sculpture)

£2,500

Winter Branches III (Clear Glass Floating Drawings statuette)

£325

Credentials

Biography

Helen Stokes is a Glass Artist and Lecturer: (born 1971 in Lancashire, England)
Helen graduated from The Royal College of Art, with a Master’s Degree in 3D Design: Glass & Ceramics, in 1996, and since then has been lecturing and making glass sculpture from her workshop in the Cotswolds, England.
Helen has recently completed a research PhD by practice, at The Royal College of Art, London.

Public Works

`The Public Servant of the Year Awards` - Annual Commission sponsored by The Cabinet Office, CIPFA and Public Finance.

`The Reporting and Accountability Awards` - Annual Commission. Sponsored by CIPFA and Pricewaterhousecoopers.

`Oxfordshire and the South East Bioscience Awards`- Commissioned by Oxford Brookes University

`Outdoor Courtyard Sculpture` - Commission for the Radcliffe Hospital Trust, Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

Teaching Experience
Sept 2022 - 2026 - External Examiner at The University of Wales Trinity of Saint David, Swansea Sept. 2013 - Present - Associate Lecturer - De Montfort University, Leicester. January 2007 - Sept 2017 - 0.5 Senior Lecturer in Art and Design, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, Oxfordshire Sept 2000 - Jan 2007 - Part-time Associate Lecturer - Lecturing in Glass and Ceramics, Sculpture and Fine Art Drawing. At Oxford and Cherwell Valley College, Banbury, Oxfordshire Sept 1994 - July 1996 - Part-time Visiting Lecturer- Middlesex University, Cathill Campus, Middlesex
Public Acquisitions
Main Glass Collection - The Imagine Museum - St. Petersburg, Florida USA Main Craft Collection - Oxfordshire`s Woodstock Museum

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Abstract Contemporary Modern Civic Urban sculpture statue statuary Round Disk, Dish, Flat Circular Ring Shaped Sculptures / Statues statuette statuary Wall Mounted or Wall Hanging sculpture Wall Panel Carved Engraved Cast Moulded Sculpture Statue plaque Glass or Acrylic Transparant Sculptures Indoor Inside Interior Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculptures Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Landscape Mountains Countryside sculptures statues statuettes Lead Crystal Sculpture Minimalist Understated Abstract Contemporary Sculpture statuary statuettes

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glass lens Glass sculpture interactive sculpture kiln-formed glass Op art optical