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Helena Wehrstein

Artist member since 2018
Pro
Toronto, Ontario

Discarded, outmoded, unwanted stuff….my passion is to breathe new life into these by-products of our society’s overconsumption and planned obsolescence. My ‘stuff’ collection is growing! and I try to use as few new materials as possible. I find inspiration from whatever I have on hand to express my anxieties and hopes in these hairy times of eco disasters, political divides, personal trauma, with a focus on healing on different fronts, from personal to global. Other than one textile course I took at OCAD 2000-2001, I am self-taught, now working in home studios in Toronto and Hillsburgh, ON.

Work

Electronic Junk
DATADIG
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 29" x 27" x 1.5"
  • $450 buy
#social commentary #collage #found objects #electronic junk
HAVE FAITH
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 15.7" x 20" x 2"
  • $450 buy
#found objects #collage #social commentary #electronic junk
SEARCHING FOR SANITY
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 14" x 20" x 4"
  • $590 buy
#architecture #found objects #social commentary #collage #electronic junk
MESSY CONNECTONS IN STRANGE TIMES
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 31.5" x 32" x 6"
  • $600 buy
#electronic junk #collage #social commentary #found objects
DOING THEIR ROUNDS
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 24" x 24" x 1.5"
  • $525 buy
#social commentary #crochet
TIME TO TALK
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 18" x 32" x 2"
  • $420 buy
#electronic junk #found objects #social commentary
DRINK DEEP
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 22" x 19" x 10.5"
  • $1175 buy
#portrait #found objects #electronic junk #social commentary
MY MOM SAID...EAT YOUR GREENS
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 16" x 16" x 2"
#electronic junk #found objects #collage #social commentary
MORE LOOSE ENDS IN HAIRY TIMES
  • Helena Wehrstein
  • 23.5" x 35.5" x 4"
  • $690 buy
#reused textiles #mixed media #social commentary #electronic junk

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