Design and Creation with Helen Whittaker
Helen is a renowned artist and designer, highly regarded for her new stained glass windows and architectural sculpture in glass and copper.
She aims to engage the viewer through good design and craftsmanship, creating energy and movement intertwining contemporary and traditional elements.
Helen works in partnership with the client, drawing inspiration from the brief, the building and the setting to create individual artworks in a variety of styles.
Helen Whittaker MBE is Creative Director of Barley Studio, where all work is carried out in-house in the purpose-built Studio in York. She has over 30 years of experience in stained glass creation and restoration painting and has completed more than 100 commissions for ecclesiastical, secular and domestic buildings all over the UK and internationally.
Helen was selected to help promote the United Kingdom Government’s international ‘GREAT Britain’ campaign to showcase British talent in the creative sector. In 2024 Helen was awarded an MBE “for services to the creation and conservation of stained and architectural glass art” in the King’s Birthday Honours.
