Helen Carnac

Overview
Helen Carnac's work explores the explicit connections between material, process, and maker.  Throughout her practice, she has worked with various materials but has developed a particular expertise in combining vitreous enamel with metal.  Helen is fascinated by how one material becomes known through another. Understanding the attributes of a material; density, malleability, patina, corrosion, tensile strength, and oxidisation allows her to test the attributes of another. In doing so, Helen develops new ways in which materials co-exist and support each other.  She investigates how those materials change together over time and in different environments.
 
Having previously been based in London, Helen now lives and works in Somerset, UK. Setting up her studio in the early 1990s, Helen develops projects using methodologies that are rooted in an acute awareness of physical location, place and working practices. Helen has worked extensively in the UK, Europe and USA. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of Artquest's advisory panel.
 
The artist's work is held in several collections including the V&A (UK), Enamel Art Foundation, (USA), Rotasa Foundation, (USA), RAM (USA) and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Canada).
 
 
 
Works
  • Helen Carnac, Stitched Red Marl, 2025
    Stitched Red Marl, 2025£ 4,650.00
  • Helen Carnac, Stitched Blue Lias, 2025
    Stitched Blue Lias, 2025£ 2,450.00
  • Helen Carnac, Crushed Vessel 1, 2025
    Crushed Vessel 1, 2025£ 3,960.00
  • Helen Carnac, Fold Vessel 1, 2025
    Fold Vessel 1, 2025£ 3,550.00
  • Helen Carnac, Like Paper I, 2025
    Like Paper I, 2025£ 880.00
  • Helen Carnac, Like Paper II, 2025
    Like Paper II, 2025£ 880.00
  • Helen Carnac, Outcrop 1, 2024
    Outcrop 1, 2024£ 2,650.00
  • Helen Carnac, Small Vessel 2, 2023
    Small Vessel 2, 2023£ 1,760.00
  • Helen Carnac, Small Vessel I, 2023
    Small Vessel I, 2023£ 1,750.00
  • Helen Carnac, Balled Vessel I, 2024
    Balled Vessel I, 2024£ 1,980.00
  • Helen Carnac, Ammil IX, 2023
    Ammil IX, 2023£ 1,980.00
  • Helen Carnac, Ammil XI, 2023
    Ammil XI, 2023£ 2,860.00
  • Helen Carnac, Counting Vessel, 2022
    Counting Vessel, 2022£ 2,155.00
  • Helen Carnac, Counting Vessel II, 2022
    Counting Vessel II, 2022£ 2,155.00
  • Helen Carnac, Up, Across, Along Vessel, 2022
    Up, Across, Along Vessel, 2022£ 2,155.00
  • Helen Carnac, White Ground II, 2022
    White Ground II, 2022£ 2,420.00
Series
Exhibitions
Press
Store
  • Helen Carnac, Stitched Red Marl, 2025
    Stitched Red Marl, 2025£ 4,650.00
  • Helen Carnac, Stitched Blue Lias, 2025
    Stitched Blue Lias, 2025£ 2,450.00
  • Helen Carnac, Crushed Vessel 1, 2025
    Crushed Vessel 1, 2025£ 3,960.00
  • Helen Carnac, Fold Vessel 1, 2025
    Fold Vessel 1, 2025£ 3,550.00
  • Helen Carnac, Like Paper I, 2025
    Like Paper I, 2025£ 880.00
  • Helen Carnac, Like Paper II, 2025
    Like Paper II, 2025£ 880.00
  • Helen Carnac, Outcrop 1, 2024
    Outcrop 1, 2024£ 2,650.00
  • Helen Carnac, Small Vessel 2, 2023
    Small Vessel 2, 2023£ 1,760.00
  • Helen Carnac, Small Vessel I, 2023
    Small Vessel I, 2023£ 1,750.00
  • Helen Carnac, Balled Vessel I, 2024
    Balled Vessel I, 2024£ 1,980.00
  • Helen Carnac, Ammil IX, 2023
    Ammil IX, 2023£ 1,980.00
  • Helen Carnac, Ammil XI, 2023
    Ammil XI, 2023£ 2,860.00
  • Helen Carnac, Counting Vessel, 2022
    Counting Vessel, 2022£ 2,155.00
  • Helen Carnac, Counting Vessel II, 2022
    Counting Vessel II, 2022£ 2,155.00
  • Helen Carnac, Up, Across, Along Vessel, 2022
    Up, Across, Along Vessel, 2022£ 2,155.00
  • Helen Carnac, White Ground II, 2022
    White Ground II, 2022£ 2,420.00