Helen Gallogly
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Designer/maker |
| Location | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am a Textile Designer/Maker based in Edinburgh, I specialise in printed and stitched textiles which I studied at Duncan of Jordanstone Art School, Dundee. Why the hell Dundee you ask? It was a long way to go from my home town of Luton, but its a long story which I won't bore you with. I grew up in and around an 'antique but mostly second hand' furniture shop and was raised as a (not so devout) Catholic. My sir name in case you're wondering, is Irish. My dad comes from county Leitrim in Ireland, where you will find many more Gallogly's, though luckily we're still a rare breed. |
| Interests | Design (Interior, Textile, Fashion, product), Photography, Victorian culture/history, period clothing, Museums, Galleries, Horse riding, Burlesque performance, magic, Theatre, Hockey, Skiing, Taxidermy, Food (eating and making),Yoga, Fellini, South America, Spain, |
| Favorite movies | Quills, Heavenly Creatures, The Exorcist, 12 Monkeys, Let the right one in, The Outsiders, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, My Neighbour Totoro, The Thing, Seven, Cape Fear (The one with Robert DeNiro - Yum), The Shining, Running Man, Dead Mans Shoes, Dancer in the Dark, There will be blood, no country for old men, Il Postino, Amarcord, The Odessa file, |
| Favorite music | The Pixies, the doors, Creedence clearwater..., kate bush, The Dubliners, The Pogues, The Saw Docters, The water boys, Gogol Bordello, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, the cars, Sparks, Talking heads, Van Morrison, the levellers, the go team, Cat Stevens, Sublime, The Who, The Young Knives, Man man, Captain Beefheart, Rod Stuart, Nina simone, Queens of the stone age, Eels, Sailor, Lou Reed, Belle and Sebastian, Cindy Lauper, |
| Favorite books | The Goblin Market (not really a book, its a poem, but I have it in a book on its own, so maybe it counts?), Cloud Atlas, Fingersmith, The little Stranger, The turn of the screw |