Helen MacRitchie

Waterstock, Oxfordshire, U.K

Helen’s  work explores personal connections to the landscape, her ancestry and the scientific world, focusing upon the detail and colour found in nature and science.  She draws from her years in the pharmaceutical industry and life overseas for inspiration and metaphorical representation.  Her design work is abstract in nature, using mark making techniques and allowing motif creation to develop from drawing and printing research.  She employs textural detail and colour to share significant impressions and emotions with her audience.

Her work is generally based on hand dyed and wet felted wool, adding other fibres such as silk and cotton with embroidery, both free machine and hand, to create 2D layered textural surfaces or 3D sculptural works.   The organic transformation of wool fibre into wool felt by hand is an important aspect of her work process; the versatility of this medium allowing her to create a delicate work with movement and translucency or one with structure and depth as the design dictates.

Find out more about Helen MacRitchie:

Website www.helenmacritchiedesigns.com

Instagram @helenmacritchie

Facebook @helenmacritchiedesigns