Helen Britton
Block and Flowers
Description/
In Helen Britton’s studio, little cement sculptures have taken shape, architectures that intermittently reveal pieces of the floral porcelain so dear to our tradition (I’m thinking Capodimonte) and that we remember embellishing items in our grandmothers’ houses; colorful flowers in mainly pastel tones, the symbol of a simple, fragile, old-fashioned femininity, often secreted in a little necklace or the stone set in a ring passed down from mother to daughter.
Shards of porcelain animate those cement pieces like women animate the streets of our deserted cities; women who struggle to break free, and who the lockdown has made prisoners. Looking out from little windows, they hold on, yearning for light, for freedom.
Helen Britton
designer
Color/
Grey, Multiple Colors
Edition/
Unique
Dimension/
19.0 x 28.5 x 19.0 cm (7.5 x 11.2 x 7.5 in)
Ships from/
Italy
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