perfectionofproduction

Helen Chatterton was born in Bury, Lancashire in 1961. The seeds of a lifetime's obsession were sown when her Scottish mother taught her to knit and sew at the age of seven, and growing up in a textile-based town and household fostered a passion for all aspects of fabrics and yarns.

She studied Classics at Liverpool University, and on graduating took a secretarial course, then moved to London where she married in 1982.

In 1986 Helen and her husband returned to Liverpool, and after having two children she completed her City and Guild Part II Creative Studies in Knitwear at Huddersfield Technical College, commuting once a week from Liverpool.

Whilst at Huddersfield, one of her tutors, the Bradford-based textile and costume artist, Christine Hughes, encouraged her to experiment with many textile media such as batik, felting, silk painting, hand and machine embroidery.

Helen started experimenting with velvet, and as part of a project for her City and Guild started to make a range of samples for cushions, throws and wall-hangings.

This developed further after friends and family started to commission cushions and throws from her.

A shop in Liverpool, The Little Room, started to sell some of her work and she started to turn it into a business, and formed the company "Perfection of Production."

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Helen also experiments with embossing and dyeing techniques, and following a recent visit to the Isle of Harris has started to make tweed cushions, to order.

She is on the list of registered makers with the Crafts Council, the UK's national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts, and can also be found on the Axis directory of the visual arts.

Helen's work can be found at an increasing number of galleries and shops around the country including the prestigious Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool.

She is also a featured designer online at Scotland's Velvet Boutique, Design Gap, the North-West based Design Initiative and at the web-based textile community the textile artist.

Recently, Helen has been added to the list of stockists operated by leading fine textile publication Selvedge. In June 2007 her innovative tweed cushions were one of the final five in the Contemporary Interiors category of the Gift Association's 28th Gift of the Year Award and were Highly Commended.

Her work can also be found online at GlimpseOnline.com.

A complete list of Helen's current retail outlets can be viewed by using this link.

e-mail: hm.chatterton@btinternet.com

tel: (+44) 151 427 9773


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Helen Chatterton was born in Bury, Lancashire in 1961. The seeds of a lifetime's obsession were sown when her Scottish mother taught her to knit and sew at the age of seven, and growing up in a textile-based town and household fostered a passion for all aspects of fabrics and yarns. She studied Classics at Liverpool University, and on graduating took a secretarial course, then moved to London where she married in 1982. In 1986 Helen and her husband returned to Liverpool, and after having two children she completed her City and Guild Part II Creative Studies in Knitwear at Huddersfield Technical College, commuting once a week from Liverpool. Whilst at Huddersfield, one of her tutors, the Bradford-based textile and costume artist, Christine Hughes, encouraged her to experiment with many textile media such as batik, felting, silk painting, hand and machine embroidery. Helen started experimenting with velvet, and as part of a project for her City and Guild started to make a range of samples for cushions, throws and wall-hangings. This developed further after friends and family started to commission cushions and throws from her. A shop in Liverpool, The Little Room, started to sell some of her work and she started to turn it into a business, and formed the company "Perfection of Production."
Helen also experiments with embossing and dyeing techniques, and following a recent visit to the Isle of Harris has started to make tweed cushions, to order. She is on the list of registered makers with the Crafts Council, the UK's national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts, and can also be found on the Axis directory of the visual arts. Helen's work can be found at an increasing number of galleries and shops around the country including the prestigious Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool. She is also a featured designer online at Scotland's Velvet Boutique, Design Gap, the North-West based Design Initiative and at the web-based textile community the textile artist. Recently, Helen has been added to the list of stockists operated by leading fine textile publication Selvedge. In June 2007 her innovative tweed cushions were one of the final five in the Contemporary Interiors category of the Gift Association's 28th Gift of the Year Award and were Highly Commended. Her work can also be found online at GlimpseOnline.com. A complete list of Helen's current retail outlets can be viewed by using this link.

e-mail: hm.chatterton@btinternet.com	tel: (+44) 151 427 9773