Helen Britton | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Helen Britton earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at Curtin University in Western Australia; during her studies she worked as a visiting scholar at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich, the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, and at San Diego State University. After graduating in 1999, Britton returned to the Academy in Munich to carry out a postgraduate project under Professor Otto Künzli. In 2002, she established a workshop in that city with David Bielander and Yutaca Minegishi. Britton’s work can be found in collections around the world, such as the Pinakothek der Modern in Munich, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, among others, and she has been awarded... more.

We have 3 objects that Helen Britton has been involved with.

Unlatched striated black cuff bracelet. Loosely applied by circular hooks with silver studs are thick jagged edged round holders with mirrors inside.

Necklace made of irregular rectangular and trapezoidal flat silver pieces that have been patinated to a soft green color. They vary in length from about half an inch to two inches, but the width is more consistently about three quarters of an inch. Small x’s and stars made of overlapping straight lines pattern the top of these pieces. Behind the pieces, on the long sides, are many of the same star shapes that have been cut out and attached to thin, long strips. They are all slightly different lengths and reflect light slightly differently. They are the same soft green color and overlap one another a lot. The large pieces are connected by two flat, curved links of silver that connect behind the pieces. Small, flat, tiny silver studs are visible on the top of some of the large pieces.

We know 2 people that Helen Britton is related to.

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Otto Künzli
Swiss, b. 1948.

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David Bielander
Swiss, b. 1968.

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