Helena Wehrstein

2016 ~ 19.75 x 19.75 x 3.5 inches ~ Available

Cotton, fabric of unknown fibre, wood box, wood, old jewellery, electronic bits, acrylic paint

2017 ~ 8.5 x 4 x 1 inches ~ Available

Frayed threads from laundry, glass vaccine bottle, upcycled blue wooden box

DIG

2012 ~ 26.5x16x1.5 inches ~ Available

Shovel handle, beads, found objects of wood, metal, plastic, glass, cotton, polyester

2009 ~ 30x19.5x17 inches ~ Available

Discontinued designer fabric sample scraps (various fibres), broken jewellery, beads, wire, bits of junk

2016 ~ 13.25x11.5x3.25 inches ~ Available

Buttons, computer cable, polyester fabric, acrylic paint, reclaimed wood box

Each button represents a ‘disappeared’ person in the Guatemalan civil war (1960-1996). This work was inspired by being at a demonstration in the central square of Guatemala City in 2015. Pictures of disappeared people were printed on white flags hung on rope across the square. Many people studied them; it was very moving.

2013 ~ 24x24x1.5 inches ~ Available

Plastic and wooden forks, discontinued fabric sample pieces (various fibres), acrylic paint, wood, pegboard

2009 ~ 31.5x26x2.5 inches ~ Available

Discontinued designer fabric samples (various fibres), fabric scraps, yarn, polyester; plastic throwaway food containers, cutlery and bottle

2008 ~ 38x34x5 inches ~ Available

Discontinued designer sample fabric, plastic throwaway bottles stuffed with studio scraps, wine corks, wooden clementine crates, acrylic paint.

Ongoing ~ 48 X 48 x 15 inches ~ Available

Plastic bottles stuffed with scraps of many fibres, scrap threads and many bits and pieces from my studio floor; I used to put this stuff in the garbage.

2014

Plastic bottles stuffed with studio floor scraps

2009 ~ 16x9x3 inches ~ Available

Plastic bottles stuffed with scraps of many fibres

2016 ~ 16.5x23x7 inches

Old wood drawer, Barbie doll, toys, discarded bits and pieces of junk /broken toy, hard-drive disc, acrylic paint