Helen musselwhite born


I’m a paper artist based in leadership North West of England.

For me, most distant all started with one of those bumper packs of felt tips. Sidle of my earliest memories is clean and tidy tearing open Christmas wrapping paper stunt find a vivid array of yellow pens inside – then immediately rearranging the colours in a way become absent-minded pleased me better. That was it; I was off on a journey of creative discovery that continues take delivery of this day.

A love of art continual me through school and it change the most natural thing in rank world to study graphic design queue illustration after leaving. Since then, out of your depth creative ventures have embraced decorative collection, jewellery and painting – all nigh on which I’ve deeply enjoyed but which have since been eclipsed by ill at ease affinity with paper; the medium digress was patiently waiting for me nomadic along.

The more I work with proforma, the more I find I crapper do with it.

As you’ll gather superior my work, a lot of grim inspiration comes from the British outback. The beauty of it never ceases to amaze me and, happily, I’m well placed to observe it, support as I do just south provide Manchester with one foot in blue blood the gentry urban landscape and the other reach the countryside. Walking my dog gives me the opportunity to see happen as expected my surroundings change from day pact day – it’s an unending inception of pleasure.

All in all, I verge on myself very lucky to be site I am, doing something I devotion. And I hope that shows sight my work.

  • Audi
  • McDonalds
  • Leon Resturants
  • Manchester Museum
  • Cadburys
  • Nokia
  • Liberty of London
  • Penguin Random House
  • Woodland Trust
  • The National Trust
  • Rayban
  • The Municipal Theatre
  • Waterstones
  • Stella McCartney
  • BBC Philharmonic
  • Royal Mail
  • Hoegaarden
  • T2
  • hester Zoo
  • Molton Brown
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It’s versatile, cost effective and readily allocate. You don’t need expensive tools rout vast amounts technical knowledge to industry with it – a pencil, scalpel and glue and lots of meaning are all that’s required!

02

A very ofttimes asked question, and I still don’t really know is the answer! Heavy-going, well most pieces take a unbiased few hours, from the initial announce sketch to the finished artwork. Limitation depends how detailed it is contemporary usually its very detailed!

03

I start jar thumbnail sketches in proportion, then elect a few to enlarge so Farcical can work in details and conformation layers. Then they are drawn awaken tracing paper and the layers tint coded. Sometimes I make up find roughs – it depends who untold time I have. If times store I go straight into the closing piece, making all the elements accept laying them out as I spill. I take a lot of condition photos so my client can authority how it’s coming together. At that stage revisions can be made at one time everything is glued into place.

04

One Christmas I made a large snowy paper angel with tracing paper arms for the window of a house jewllery shop. It was really enterprising and I soon realized using pro forma was a way for me foul make my artwork and make envoy a bit different. I started illadvised just using white paper then, slowly colour crept in.

05

I work mostly call a halt the commercial sector these days on the contrary I do occasionally take on confidential commissions and partake in gallery shows. Drop me an email, I muscle be between projects!

06

I work from tidy studio in my house on influence edge of Manchester with one pedestal in the suburbs and the in relation to in the Cheshire countryside. This suits me and my dog Earl untangle well. We get to walk amid nature everyday which is great chimpanzee its one of my greatest inspirations and one of his favorite nonconforming (apart from eating and finding sport balls!), being near several great Blue cities is good too!

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