This is the first comprehensive overview of Helen Britton’s work published to celebrate the
Australian Design Centre’s Living Treasure: Masters of Australian Craft award. The Story So
Far is the first comprehensive overview of Helen Britton’s work published to celebrate the
Australian Design Centre’s Living Treasure: Masters of Australian Craft award. The book covers
over 40 years of Britton’s multidisciplinary practice and presents her extraordinary often
colorful and playful works. They evoke childhood memories while also addressing darker aspects
of life leaving the viewer to ultimately find their own meaning within them. Alongside
large-format images of her works and the photographic essay “My Godmother’s House” are
contributions by Lisa Cahill Julie Ewington Barbara Paris Gifford Katie Scott and Toni
Greenbaum the artist’s own texts and excerpts from the collected writings of Ted Snell and
Robert Cook.
