Sculptures

Helen Powles discovered her passion for clay and the third dimension when she met ceramic artists on her arrival in France. She creates unique works in ‘Grès de la Puisaye’, a fine potter’s clay, fired at 1300°C, which she often associates with other materials – wood, glass, cellular concrete – and sometimes translates into bronze. Her works have received many awards. They retain their natural colour, lightly patinated with ochres and gold wax. They emanate a quiet spirituality, a gently humanity – the antithesis of our aggressive and agitated world. The fragile sheets of grès, mounted around a central void, evoke the paradox of the human soul.