Helen Shirk is a metal-smith artist and works with the idea of hallow ware. Her inspiration comes from nature and the landscapes she encountered during her travels to Europe and Australia. In each piece she creates the feeling of sensuousness, strangeness, and vitality that is found in the natural word.
Through the challenge of physically manipulating metal Helen constructs the three dimensional object and then manipulates its mood with color to suit her own intention. The color she is able to produce with color pencils on to metal and a patina that is applied on top of the color pencils. The parts she uses in her work are orchestrated to create an intriguing and seductively energetic natural world.
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