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Helen Denerley was born at Roslin, near Edinburgh. She studied in Aberdeen at Gray's School of Art from 1973 to 1977. She has exhibited regularly since the late 1970s and has become known throughout the country with her sculptures in public places attracting much affection. Her commissions include, Musical Play Sculpture, for Aberdeen City Council (1977), a Sundial in Steel and Granite, Sheltered Housing Complex, Inverurie (1991), and the Govan Milestone (1994). She works in unexpected materials, mainly in metal,
using farming tools and industrial machinery. Incorporating both new
and scrap metal, she creates powerful images - generally of birds and
animals - which both inspire and uplift. Her sculptures possess
a vitality and animation which defy the very nature of the materials
used. Her smaller pieces have unusual grace and delicacy.
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