Helen Britton: The Story So Far

Living Treasures is a series of solo exhibitions honouring eminent Australian crafts people, celebrating their mastery of skill, their achievements, and the unique place they occupy in the national design culture. Helen Britton, an exceptional Australian artist of international reputation, is the tenth artist in theLiving Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series. 

Between 2017 and 2019 Helen travelled three times to Australia to document the house of her great Aunt and Godmother Kath Carr on the Clarence river (Ngunitiji, Yaegl Country). Kath taught Helen how to make collages with pressed Australian flowers that she had collected, or with metal fillings from the lathe in the shed, to paint on porcelain which was her greatest hobby, and to make jewellery. 

The Story So Far traces the rich and complex world of country women and the creativity that shaped Helen’s early experience of Australia. The exhibition features new works including painting, installation, jewellery, drawings and objects alongside the first showing of the photographic work My Godmother’s House.

 

Helen Britton, Jewellery for Jewellery Friends,bracelet 2, 2025. Photo by Eisel Dirk.