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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Work in progress - dryad Adding the arm/branches and the birch 'eyes'. I'm pleased with the corset effect of the bark containing the body. Dryads are woodland nymphs/ spirits who inhabit and protect the trees.

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Making my little Goldfinch. I really like the idea of Philip Pullman's Daemons in His Dark Materials and also the presence of birds as carriers of the soul in mythology. I think my daemon would be a little goldfinch. I also really love Giraffes, but that would be a very different sculpture!

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Work in progress - I'm making another large seated figure and trying to chart my progress all the way through. This is my progress so far. #figurativesculpture #figurativeart #ceramicfigure #ceramicartist

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A process video showing how I build up the surface of my figures inside the mould. #figurativesculpture #figurativeceramics #figurativeart

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Short process video of making the internal structure of a life-size ceramic figure. #figurativesculpture #ceramicart #figurativeart #ceramics

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I'm starting another life-size figure. I always feel a bit daunted at the beginning of such a big piece, knowing the amount of time it will take and having to lift it into the kiln. It's a bit like a big puzzle, I do like puzzles. I know it will all come together in the end.

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Wes Anderson: The Archives @ The Design Museum, London ❤️❤️❤️

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Dryad - Dryads are nymphs or spirits who inhabit and protect trees. I created this piece for the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Heath. Today is the last day of the show. I am being represented by Iona House Gallery on Stand C2. #figurativesculpture #artfairs #mythologicalart #artcollecting

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Echo- 'And then she is voice only For the bones are turned to stone. She hides in woods And no one sees her now along the mountains, But all may hear her, for her voice is living' Ovid, Metamorphoses The Affordable Art Fair continues until 10th May. I'm represented by Iona House Gallery,Stand C2.

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Watchful Tree One of the dryads I made for the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead. The watchful tree is a folk name for birch trees. I am being represented by Iona House Gallery, Oxfordshire on stand C2 The show runs from 6th-9th May 26 #figurativesculpture #ceramicsculpture #mythologyart #artfairs

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Echo - a work in progress This piece is based on the Roman myth of Echo and Narcissus. I have been playing with various configurations to try and represent the projection, movement, and symmetry of sounds. #ceramicsculpture #echoandnarcissus #romanmythology #ovid #metamorphoses #figurativeart

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The watchful tree - work in progress Based on the dryad from Greek mythology, tree nymphs who inhabit and protect trees. The watchful tree is the folk name for birch trees. #greekmythology #dryad #artcollecting #ceramicsculpture

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The watchful tree - work in progress Based on the dryad from Greek mythology, tree nymphs who inhabit and protect trees. The watchful tree is the folk name for birch trees. #ceramicsculpture #artcollector #mythologicalart #folkloresculpture #dryad #thewatchfultree

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Little Faun - work in progress. He is reminding me of Bottom from A Midsummer Night's dream at the moment, I think it's the head tilt/ears combination. Making some horns next for my little Faun. #faun #mythology #nickbottom #midsummernightsdream #shakespeare

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Dryad - based on the woodland nymphs who inhabit the trees or tree spirits. I think I'm going to make a series of these. #dryad #woodlandnymph #mythology #figurativesculpture #ceramics

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Dryad - work in progess. Building up the trunk of her body using the bark texture. I've changed the layout of the branches a few times. I'm hoping to capture a unity between the two forms, one emerging from the other. #dryad #mythology #treespirit #figurativesculpture

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Pressing clay into tree bark to create texture. I am beginning to make my first Dryad (nymph or nature spirit who inhabits trees) this texture was taken from our willow tree. I'm hoping to make a series of these. #ceramics #mythology #dryad #figurativeart #figurativesculpture

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I've finished modelling the forms, so the next stage is mould making. I've made two-piece press moulds, using several layers of mod roc, followed by a layer of plaster for strength. #plastermoulds #ceramics #mouldmaking

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A couple of heads made using my new fossil hoard from Lyme Regis.

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

My fossil hoard from a recent trip to Lyme Regis. I bought these in The Old Forge Fossil Shop (image of T-Rex skull in their shop window). I didn't manage to find any fossils on the beach but I'm really happy with the ones I bought, I can't wait to use these in my work. #lymeregis #fossils #ammonite

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is what you get, Stanley Donwood and Radiohead Exhibition at the Ashmolean Gallery, Oxford.

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

New work - I've just delivered these new pieces to Cupola Contempory Art, Sheffield. The christmas exhibition 'Home' starts today.

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A very busy private view yesterday at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea. Thank you to Iona House Gallery for representing me again on stand I2. The show continues until Sunday

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Helen Nottage @helennottage.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I have created a range of new work for the Affordable Art Fair Battersea Autumn. I am being represented by Iona House Gallery on Stand I2. The Show begins on Wednesday 15th October and runs until Sunday 19th October 2025.

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