Helen Ward is a Bristol based designer and maker. Having graduated from UWE Bristol in 2001 with a graphic design degree, Helen Ward started working as a paper engineer making pop-up books whilst training as a traditional bookbinder. Nowadays, Helen works from her little studio, armed with a scalpel and a very large stack of paper!
The original idea for the Paper Entomology artwork comes from a collection of Victorian hand marbled paper that Helen acquired during her time working at a bindery. Some of the patterns in the papers reminded her of butterfly wings – and so the idea of paper entomology began…
Helen started exhibiting her work in 2008 and has since exhibited her work at a number of venues across the UK, as well as taking part in several international shows in places such as Paris, Amsterdam, New York and Hong Kong.