Known for her Whimsical Women, Helen thinks outside of the usual self-imposed and subconscious boundaries - creating sculptural dolls. After years of fine tuning her technique, every project ends as a successful finished product. Handmade of a wire or wooden base, fimo hands and facial features with papier mache bodies Helens' dolls are exquisitely clothed in polyester or silk.

Helens' sculptures express timeless remarks and adventurous events about how societies and individuals look at each other and themselves. Her fondness with creating stories has brought her to making mermaids, bathing beauties, nuns, judges and witches among a collection of other creatures.
Helen, Paddy, Manumelita, Jethro, Genevieve-Rose and Bonnie Belle all enjoy living an Oparara lifestyle with the 'Jesters Nest' gallery just a quaint and enchanted garden walk from their house.
Helen is a member of the Punakaiki Crafts Co-Operative.