About the studio

Helen Robinson has been working in stained glass since 1991. Initially in Hertfordshire, she relocated to Shropshire in 2016 and accepts architectural stained glass commissions nationwide.

Helen has an extensive portfolio of windows for private houses, places of worship and other public spaces with a particular interest in designing for period houses and historic buildings.  Historic Stained Glass Window Making has recently been added to the red list of Endangered Crafts by the Heritage Crafts Association, making it all the more important to encourage use of traditional skills and to find new markets in a changing world.

Initially self-taught but later 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’.

Professional positions held;

–        2007   Elected as an Associate of the British Society of Master Glass Painters (AMGP)
–        2009 – 2016   Member of Council of the British Society of Master Glass Painters acting as their Events Coordinator
–        2009   Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers acting as their Glass Information Officer for some years
–        2014   Elected as a Brother of the Art Workers Guild
–        2005 – 2017   A regular contributor to the short course programme at West Dean College near Chichester
–        Now a freelance artist accepting commissions and running workshops from her Shropshire studio