Sculptor Helen Solly was born in rural Warwickshire. Her childhood included travelling around Europe each summer in a VW campervan looking at art galleries and churches. The family house was filled with contemporary art and bronze sculptures, her parents instilled a love of art, travelling and a strong work ethic.
Helen worked as a fashion model in London and internationally for many years, modelling for the top UK fashion designers of the nineties.
She ran her own business, raised four children and then took the opportunity to study, gaining a first-class degree from Chichester University, ‘Fine Art with Sculpture’ BA Hons.
Living in Chichester, West Sussex Helen gets inspiration from walks by the sea.
Helen manipulates standard metal sheets into minimal abstract forms. She is interested in the strength and longevity of metal and her latest collection is made from stainless-steel. She is always striving to create the illusion of movement from this resistant material. The surface is often burnished to give different reflective qualities, creating a kaleidoscopic mirage.