Helen Robinson

Helen Robinson established the Oriel Glass Studio in Harpenden, Hertfordshire in 1995.  She has built up an extensive portfolio of windows for private houses, places of worship and other public buildings.  She has a particular interest in the appropriate use of design in historic buildings and period houses and has gained a wealth of knowledge from a close study of glass painting techniques through observation and restoration of old windows.  Qualifying from Central St Martins College of Art and Design in 2003, Helen’s contemporary work is founded in age old techniques making her windows a fascinating fusion of old and new, ‘modern medieval’ and a jubilant reversal of the concept of traditional stained glass being a lost art.

Helen is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and an Associate of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, being a member of their Council since 2004.  She teaches stained glass on the short course programme at West Dean College near Chichester as well as running workshops for primary and secondary school students.