Helaina Sharpley

Helaina Sharpley is an award - winning wirework artist from Wesr Yorkshire who exhibits nationality and internationality. Working from her studio at The West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield, she creates intricate and elegant wirework wall peices that cross the boundaries between drawing and sculpture. Initially inspired by the rituals and etiquette of tea drinking of days gone by, early work focused on chintzy china cups and victorian architecture. A variety of commissions have led to new exploratoins of rural landscapes and British Flora, developing and pushing new wire-working skills.