Helene Barrott-Designs in Wire 3.24

22 Lipson Road
Cheltenham, GL510EW
United Kingdom

About Helene Barrott-Designs in Wire

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I am a Sculptor working in Wire and specializing in making realistic and fantasy style trees. I work in metal wire, mainly Steel and Copper. My trees come in many sizes ranging from 5 inches high to over 2 feet tall. I am now working in a informal partnership with another artist to enable me to mount my trees onto carved wooden pedestals/mounts and enabling them to be placed outdoors. My work is also available in Frames for the wall and is now being sold through a limited number of Galleries. Every one of my trees is a One Off.

One question im always asked is 'how did you get started in wire trees?'
I must be asked this at least 10 times every time I go to an event, or meet new people..so here is my answer.
In 2012 I started the preparations for my second wedding. I decided that i wanted a small wedding and 2 large parties in 2 different counties (Kent, where i am from and Gloucestershire , where we live)
and to cap it all off we actually got married in East Sussex. I set myself a challenge..to do the whole wedding , dress, cakes, food, venues, decorations, accommodation, registry office everything for £1500!
I did it, I made the cakes, made my own bouquet, did all the table settings, bought my dress, shoes, jewelry etc all on this budget and with a lot of creative ideas and know how. (oh and Ebay! )
One of my friends said I should write a book or a blog about it but i said it had been done..but the one thing i made that I was really happy with , as it was so different, was a wire Wish Tree. I made it from wire because the Twig tree my Step daughter had made for us, didnt survive the trip from Kent to Gloucestershire..so in the 5 days between the actual wedding and the second, bigger , party, i made a wire tree and decorated it with some of the extra bits from the bouquet etc.
Its actually very different from what i do now and made in far heavier grade wire, painted in cream and mounted into plaster of Paris for stability. But everybody liked it and I have it here now, as a reminder of how far i have come since june 2012 and how much i have learned along the way...that is how i started along the road to being a wire sculptor. it didnt take long for me to realize that I love trees enough to specialize in them and that I love working in wire enough to actually make it a career choice.
I dont make trees for weddings much (only on special order) but i have a soft spot for them...if you are interested in one, just let me know by PM and we can see what I can do for you H
T&C payment in full or a deposit of £75 for larger trees, is require (preferably by Paypal, although other methods are accepted) Refunds will be given if not wholly satisfied and tree is returned (at your expense) if requested within 14 days of purchase, no exceptions.