Helen Ahpornsiri – Redefining Flower Power
Helen Ahpornsiri –
Redefining Flower Power
Jehane Ltd Artist Helen Ahpornsiri is featured on the cover of this month’s issue of Greetings Today magazine. The article – entitled Where the Wild Things Are focuses on Helen’s best-selling Wild Press range with our long-standing client Museums & Galleries. Licensed by Jehane Ltd.
“It’s a phenomenal best-seller, a real credit to Helen’s incredible talent as an artist.”
B E N D O R N E Y, Creative Director, Museums & Galleries
Where the Wild Things are…
Museums & Galleries adds to its successful Wild Press range from artist Helen Ahpornsiri. With more designs, a Christmas collection and products including noteless, gift wrap and tote bags…
Museums & Galleries (M&G) launched its Wild Press collection of cards in 2021. Designed by artist Helen Ahpornsiri, the range was a runaway success from the start, with the artist’s clever and intricate collages of largely British wildlife made from pressed flowers and foliage striking an immediate chord with retailers and consumers alike.”
The card range has now doubled to around 30 designs across fine art blank everyday formats to birthdays and special occasions, and its most popular commercial successes have transferred beautifully onto M&G’s wide portfolio products – boxed noteless; gift wraps, bags and tissue; tote bags and pouches; aprons, oven gloves, tea towels and napkins; cushions; insulated bottles and mugs; as well as playing cards, notebooks and journals. 2024 sees her debut in M&G’s Christmas collection, with four new specially commissioned exclusive designs.
Based in East Sussex, artist Helen Ahpornsiri grows and collects flowers, foliage, and seaweeds, which she preserves with traditional flower-pressing method before delicately re-imagining them into artworks. She works with a variety of flora, preferring fern and wildflower species. Flowers commonly considered weeds are unassuming yet familiar, they can be imbued with fold tales and personal connotations. Which resonate with people in different ways. The artist is interested in the idea of preserving plants like these and giving them a new narrative.
Helen Ahpornsiri is available to commission - contact Jehane Ltd.
The above text is an extract from the article on artist Helen Ahpornsiri featured in Greetings Today magazine.