About

About

Clay Studio

Handmade Ceramics

Made to Measure & Co-creations

 

“Fascinated by the endless scope of working with clay and the chemistry of glazes, I enjoy finding sensual forms using natural and warm materials, sometimes found directly in the garden (bamboo ash…). I try to find links with objects and techniques which are centuries old, which speak about the human journey on this planet which I wish to be without borders. I enjoy participating in local production and collaborative projects. The act of making is an important part of the process, a firing event is akin to a ritual and an element of experimental improvisation seasons the whole.”

 

Helen Green works in the South of France, specialising in ceramics. She also puts her ceramic know-how into sculpture, limited series, prototypes, commissions and teaching. Trained in various techniques her earthenware, stoneware and porcelain objects are thrown on a potter's wheel, sculpted, coil built or slip-cast, glazed with signature glazes and ash, fired to up to 1300 degrees Celsius, sometimes using alternative firing techniques such as Raku and Pit-firing.

Helen Green is recommended by Michel Angelo Foundation in the Homo Faber Guide, and offers a variety of ceramics workshops - alternative firing techniques, raku and pit-firing; throwing on a potter’s wheel. She also provides support and guidance to artist’s ceramic projects, and has recently hosted a Nepalese artist, (sponsored by UNESCO, La fondation Culture et Diversité and the associations Céramistes en Pic Saint Loup and Le Peuple de Terre).

Since 2021 Helen Green has been teaching in Joëlle Gay’s Ceramics Department at the École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Montpellier and since 2022-2023 she has been running the ceramics workshop in an association for the blind and visually impaired. Helen Green is also a founding member of the association of ceramic artists Céramistes en Pic Saint Loup.

BIOGRAPHY

Originally from Devon in the South-West of England, Helen Green received a masters degree in History of the Arts and a degree in Fine Arts. She continued her research with masterclasses in high-firing glazes with Peter Hauwelle (Institut Européen des Arts Céramiques, France) and porcelain with Ilona Romule (International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemét, Hungary). She also had the opportunity to participate in pit-firing experiences with Joel Bennett in California and travel to Ghana visiting potteries notably Peace and Unity Pottery in Vume. Helen learned to throw pots with Nicole Hélène Mentha and started her glazing journey at Christina Poisson's clay workshops. Also, her artistic adventures since 1999 have been thoroughly nourished by her cooperative work with Alain Mombrinie, especially with ephemeral installations and artistic performances.

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Recommended / Represented by :

Galerie Z, gallery in Montpellier et Algues-Mortes

L’Arts-Vues : https://lartvues.com/helen-green-ceramiste-a-montpellier-propose-sa-collection-ubus/

Michael Angelo Foundation - Homo Faber Guide

Etat d’Art, gallery in Séte

Arteastic, concept store Avignon