Helen Aitken-Kuhnen

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Published: 05.05.2022

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen

: 2620 - Carwoola
AUSTRALIA

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Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Piece: Coral, 2022. Cloisonné enamel, 925 silver.. 5 x 2 x 0.7 cm, 4.8 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm, 6 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm, 4.5 x 2.2 x 0.7 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery. Brooches and pendants..

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Piece: Ocean Transitions, 2022. Champlevé, moriage, enamel, copper, Champlevé, moriage enamel, 925 silver.. 3.3 x 4.7 x 1 cm, 5.2 x 4.4 x 1.2 cm, 3.3 x 4.2 x 0.9 cm, 3.7 x 5.7 x 1.2 cm, 4.2 x 5.2 x 1 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery. Brooches and pendants.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Necklace: My Mother’s Pearls, 2019. Pate de Verre Bullseye Glass, stainless steel cable, 925 silver.. 17 x 16.5 x 2.5. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Pendant: Breaking Dawn 1 and 2, 2019. Champlevé enamel, 925 silver, stainless steel cable.. 1.5 x 0.7 x 7.7 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Brooch: Black Cockatoo Resting, 2019. Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.. 3.4 x 3.7 x 0.3 cm, 4 x 3.3 x 0.3 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Pendant: Found Lines, 2019. Champlevé Doro enamel, copper, 18ct fine silver, stainless steel cable.. 3.5 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm, 3.8 x 3 x 0.6 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Brooch: Angry Ocean, 2018. Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.. 3.6 x 5.2 x 0.4 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Brooch: Mushroom Revisited, 2017. Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.. 4 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm, 3.1 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen. Brooch: From Land to Sea, 2013. Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.. 7.6 x 3 cm, 10.5 x 3.5 cm, 10.5 x 3.5 cm. Photo by: Bilk Gallery.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Piece: Coral, 2022
Cloisonné enamel, 925 silver.
5 x 2 x 0.7 cm, 4.8 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm, 6 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm, 4.5 x 2.2 x 0.7 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery

Brooches and pendants.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Piece: Ocean Transitions, 2022
Champlevé, moriage, enamel, copper, Champlevé, moriage enamel, 925 silver.
3.3 x 4.7 x 1 cm, 5.2 x 4.4 x 1.2 cm, 3.3 x 4.2 x 0.9 cm, 3.7 x 5.7 x 1.2 cm, 4.2 x 5.2 x 1 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery

Brooches and pendants

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Necklace: My Mother’s Pearls, 2019
Pate de Verre Bullseye Glass, stainless steel cable, 925 silver.
17 x 16.5 x 2.5
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Pendant: Breaking Dawn 1 and 2, 2019
Champlevé enamel, 925 silver, stainless steel cable.
1.5 x 0.7 x 7.7 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Brooch: Black Cockatoo Resting, 2019
Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.
3.4 x 3.7 x 0.3 cm, 4 x 3.3 x 0.3 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Pendant: Found Lines, 2019
Champlevé Doro enamel, copper, 18ct fine silver, stainless steel cable.
3.5 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm, 3.8 x 3 x 0.6 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Brooch: Angry Ocean, 2018
Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.
3.6 x 5.2 x 0.4 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Brooch: Mushroom Revisited, 2017
Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.
4 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm, 3.1 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Helen Aitken-Kuhnen
Brooch: From Land to Sea, 2013
Champlevé enamel, 925 silver.
7.6 x 3 cm, 10.5 x 3.5 cm, 10.5 x 3.5 cm
Photo by: Bilk Gallery
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bio

I am the founding director of Bilk Gallery for Metal and Glass a contemporary gallery that has been running for 19 years, first in Queanbeyan, then Manuka, and now in Carwoola. My career spans 43 years, with work held in every major institution in Australia as well as international collections. I have received numerous awards and have been included in significant exhibitions both nationally and internationally.

Statement

My work is firmly grounded in and abstracted from my surroundings, passion, and inherent love of the Australian landscape and its birdlife. More recently my pieces reflect the transitions and changes happening to the oceans as a result of environmental change. I have always been drawn to expressing my surroundings and emotions in some way, as soon as I found metal and the ability to combine colour within it I set myself/began on a lifelong path. Sometimes I have diverted to other mediums and I spent some time mastering glass casting, which I still use for some projects. But enamelling has drawn me back every time, there is so much still to experiment within this field and I have mastered a direction that is continually changing and evolving, The technical discoveries, frustrations, and outcomes continually engage and challenge me. My initial training was in Australia, I later shifted this to Germany and England where I spent the majority of my time mastering engraving and enamelling. For the last ten years, I have been travelling to Nagoya and Osaka, Japan to attend master classes with Japanese enamelers.

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Helen Aitken-Kuhnen

: 2620 - Carwoola
AUSTRALIA

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