Exhibitions 2019

 The New Craftsmen in their Mayfair shop in London and online from the Oct 2019. The shop in Mayfair is at 34 North Row, Mayfair, London

'Shades of Blue' at the Birch Tree Gallery in Edinburgh. May-June 2019.  23 Dundas Street, Edinburgh

I had my 'Skye Tides' copper pebbles selected for the 'ALIGHT' exhibition by the Visual Arts Scotland. The exhibition runs from the January - February 2019 at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. I won the Powderhall Bronze Foundry for Scupture.

Exhibitions 2018

'A Time For Angels' The Line Gallery, Linlithgow. November 24th-24th December 2018.

 The Line Gallery in Linlithgow near Edinburgh, 29th Sept-25th Oct 2018

Helena Emmans exhibition at the Line Gallery is a delight. Her paintings capture the ephemeral. Returning to the same spot on a beach on Skye she captures the mood of the moment in single painting sessions. I loved the spontaneity of this work which contrasts with the time consuming patient approach to her silver jewellery and spoons. Once again however the organic shapes and oxidised details express the essence of the erosion of the shore. Little sculptures in wood wrapped in hand-dyed thread betray the original discipline of this versatile artist as she studied embroidered and woven textiles at Glasgow School of Art. Slow, painstaking work dyeing thread and winding on wood produces the same feeling of the ephemeral that she achieved in an instant with brush on beach. Well worth dropping in to see at the Line Gallery until Tuesday, 25 October. 
Andy McClintock

'Spoonful' -A showcase of spoons during London Design Week 2017  September - November at Flow Gallery 1-5 Needham Road, Nottinghill,
London W11 2RP

Small originals (paintings) in The Line Gallery in Linlithgow near Edinburgh in their exhibition 'Postcards from The Line' October - November 2017

Thread pieces and paintings in the exhibition 'Here we go gathering nuts in May' at The Line Gallery in Linlithgow May 2017

Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie Hall, Dornie, Rosshire September 2017

Exhibitions 2016

Small originals (paintings) in The Line Gallery in Linlithgow near Edinburgh in their exhibition 'Postcards from The Line' October- November 

Spoons at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in Sweden represented by interior stylist Susanna Vento from the Februay 2016.

Textiles and Textures Exhiition July 2016  Hand-dyed thread pieces and  paintings exhibited at The Dancing Light Gallery in Whitmuir near West Linton. 

Summer Exhibition 2nd July-15th October 2016  at Inchmore Gallery near Inverness.

Lochalsh Arts Fair. Dornie. September 2016

Collection of my spoons at 'Spoon' Dec 2016  in Staffordshire at Unit Twelve 

Thread pieces and spoons in the new Lochcarron Gallery in Lochcarron. March 2016. 

My piece 'Drifting Pools of Starry Nights'  selected as part of the Visual Arts Scotland exhibition 'Converge' 29th January until the 20th February 2016 National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh

2015. Exhibitions:


'Summer Exhibition' Inchmore Gallery near Inverness. 2nd May- 25th July 2015.

Piece selected 'Collection of Skye Spoons'(SOLD) selected for the Visual Arts Scotland annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh
The Royal Scottish Academy,
Upper Galleries, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
7th- 28th Feb 2015.

'Precious Time Escaping' in the Exquisite Jewel in the Visual Arts Scotland annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh
The Royal Scottish Academy,
Upper Galleries, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
7th- 28th Feb 2015.

Beginnings' at the Jane Reeves Gallery in Padstow Feb 2015.

'Spring Exhibition' Inchmore Gallery near Inverness 7th Feb - 25th April 2015.

'Milk and Honey' at Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show 27-30th August 2015 at Bonhams 22 Queen Street Edinurgh.

Exhibition at The Line Gallery in Linlithgow (near Edinburgh) 31st Oct-24th Nov 2015

Edinburgh Art Fair. 13th-15th November 2015. Collection of Skye spoons represented by Studio Plockton Stand D6 at the Edinburgh Art Fair.

'Selected 2015' 21st November-23rd December 2015. Selected  at The Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh.  Spoons selected for this exhibition.

'All kinds of Wonderful' Jane Reeves Gallery 11 Lanadwell Street Padstow Cornwall PL28 8AN. The exhibition starts on the 3rd December 2015.

2014. Exhibitions.

Pieces selected ('Echos of Rolling Tides' and 'Stirring Fragile Memories') for the 117th annual open exhibition at the Scottish society of Artists at the National Galleries of Scotland,
The Royal Scottish Academy,
Upper Galleries
The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
5th -20th Dec 2014

Pieces in the 30x30 'Sit in and take away' 5th -20th Dec 2014 at The Royal Scottish Academy,
Upper Galleries
The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
5th -20th Dec 2014

'Flaubert in Winter' Exhibition runs until the 31st Dec 2014, Flaubert Gallery, St Stephens St, Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

'Colour' winter exhibition at The School House in Dornie Dec 2014.

'Winter Exhibition' Rushlight Gallery, Reepham, Norfolk Dec 2014.

'Winter Exhibition' 8th November-2014- 1st February 2015 Inchmore Gallery Inverness.

'Mixed Summer Exhibition' 16th Aug-1st November 2014 Inchmore Gallery Inverness

Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie Aug 2014

'Inspired' Macmillan Arts Exhibition at Bonhams in Edinburgh Aug 2014.

'Re-opening Exhibition' 5th April-7th June 2014 Inchmore Gallery, Inverness.

'Craft Month' 1st-31st May 2014 Inchmore Gallery, Inverness.

Snug Gallery's 4th Birthday. I made a special collection of spoons for Snug gallery for their 4th Birthday celebration in May 2014.

'Blue' May 2014 The Line Gallery Lintlithgow

2013 Exhibitions:

‘Stillness and Light’ 2nd-19th March 2013. The Flaubert Gallery, St. Stephens Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh. A shared exhibition with Still-life painter Mairi Stewart.


'Sinking light' chosen by the Society of Scottish Artists. SSA exhibition runs until the 24th March 2013 National Galleries of Scotland
The Royal Scottish Academy Building
Edinburgh. SOLD.


‘Mixed show’ March 2013. Just Art, Fochabers

‘Light-Colour-Land’ Bon Papillon, Howe Street, Edinburgh. March 2013.

Mixed exhibition’ Inchmore gallery, near Inverness. March 2013.

Textile pieces and paintings in 'April show' in the Found Gallery in Dunbar on the High Street.

Paintings in Just Art in Fochabers in a shared exhibition with David Body, Sara Mead, Nikki Monaghan, Sonas Maclean. May - June 2013.

Textile pieces in 'Craft Month' at Inchmore near Inverness,May 2013.

'Wild and Cultivated' shared exhibition with Lynne Harkes in Bon Papillon in Edinburgh. June - July 2013

Two paintings in Macmillan Art Show at Bonhams in Edinburgh, Nov 2013.

Painting 'Warm Day Drifts' selected and sold by the Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh Nov-Jan 2014.

Paintings in Just Art in Fochabers, Christmas exhibition 2013.

Paintings in Inchmore's Christmas exhibition 2013.

Reviews:

Helena Emmans exhibition at the Line Gallery is a delight. Her paintings capture the ephemeral. Returning to the same spot on a beach on Skye she captures the mood of the moment in single painting sessions. I loved the spontaneity of this work which contrasts with the time consuming patient approach to her silver jewellery and spoons. Once again however the organic shapes and oxidised details express the essence of the erosion of the shore. Little sculptures in wood wrapped in hand-dyed thread betray the original discipline of this versatile artist as she studied embroidered and woven textiles at Glasgow School of Art. Slow, painstaking work dyeing thread and winding on wood produces the same feeling of the ephemeral that she achieved in an instant with brush on beach. Well worth dropping in to see at the Line Gallery until Tuesday, 25 October 2018 Andy McClintock

Inchmore Gallery Opening Exhibition

'Stirling Silver Jewellery by Helena Emmans draws its inspiration from the shoreline and natural forms such as dandelion spores and pebbles. Her Gentle Crescent Brooch whose burnished and oxidised surface feels infused with the rhythm of moon and tides is a good example. The circular marks drawing the crescent read like shell or stone erosion, tiny holes that give each piece a unique and delicate quality. The artist’s Oxidised Irregular Spores Necklace, like a charm bracelet of shoreline finds, and Delicate Bud Chain, with its incised striations combine contemporary design, natural observation and fine craftsmanship in precious items of adornment.' Georgina Coburn, Dec 2010, Inchmore.

Inchmore Gallery: New Artists, New Work

'In addition to the display of her elegant and elemental jewellery based on organic shoreline forms, a series of acrylic and pastel works by Helena Emmans combine keen observation with exploratory technique. The soft palette and subtle textures of ‘Changing Blues, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, September’ capture shifting patterns of light and colour beautifully, drawn mark and brush delicately combined. Land mass and whitened sky are described expansively with accents of green, brownish pink and blue, in a way which holds a definitive scene just beyond the viewer’s reach.

This play of light and hue are aptly described in the title of another work in the series, ‘Directions of Colour, Ashaig, Isle of Skye’, the gentle relief of paint layers, residue of pastel highlights and scratched marks making the curve of the shore emerge from the pigment like a mirage. Emmans has captured the characteristic Highland transformation of landscape and weather before the viewer’s eyes.'
Geogina Coburn 7th June 2011. Northings.