 Helen Webber
“Tell it like it is.” It`s a turn of phrase that aptly describes the force behind the work
of 80-year-old visual artist, Helen Webber.
Since the early 70s, Helen Webber`s tapestries have summoned the interest of architects and designers alike. They began to commission site-specific pieces for designed environments that would house Webber`s pastiches of fabrics, segmented to mimic brush strokes and arranged and edged with varied thicknesses of yarn: meringue textures, rough burlaps, silky magentas and ecstatic cotton blues fashioned into large-scale pieces with names like Lake of the Moon, Earth Songs, or the suite of 10 expressive human figures called Spirit of the Child that continues to inform
Webber`s myriad and current art projects. Her art can be found in medical, religious, educational, hospitality and residential sites. These pieces range in size from three feet to sixty five feet creating a focal point for a wide variety of spaces. Helen Webber has also created major commissions in stained glass, etched painted glass, painted metal, wood collage and sculpted painted clay tile. In addition, Helen has lectured and taught at colleges and organizations across the US as well as Paris, France. … |
