
Helena Wehrstein
Toronto/Hillsburgh
Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 167
My passion: breathing new life into outmoded/discarded/unwanted stuff, by-products of over-consumption and planned obsolescence. Booth 167
My work: a response to the hairy times we live in (eco disasters/political divides/social & personal trauma), focusing on healing and maintaining hope, sometimes with a pinch of humour.
My challenge: use only pre-used materials if possible. My designs are inspired, defined and limited by available materials: e-waste, recycled wood and other junk. It is so satisfying to dream up new ways of using this stuff to keep at least a little bit out of the waste stream; I recognize the contradictions in making attractive works with it. I embrace and use the inherent imperfections in pre-used stuff! L.Cohen: ‘There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in’.
Please visit my website to see other available work. Each piece is unique!
Colour intensity and hue vary on different devices/screens; please email me to book a virtual tour/showing.
3D Works

MESSY CONNECTIONS IN STRANGE TIMES
- 2022
- 80 x 81 x 15 cm
- $525

COLOURWASH
- 2021
- 54 x 60 x 12 cm
- $380

DOING THEIR ROUNDS
- 2022
- 61 x 61 x 3 cm
- $525

EMERGING INTO A NEW PLACE
- 2022
- 38 x 38 x 5 cm
- $395

GREENWASH
- 2021
- 41 x 44 x 10 cm
- $450

(sold!) HALF FULL
- 2022
- 25 x 25 x 4.5 cm
- $150

HEALING DANCE
- 2021
- 36 x 36 x 15 cm
- $450

(sold!) HEALING GARDEN FOR HAIRY TIMES
- 2022
- 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm
- $690

OMG #2
- 2022
- 30 x 43 x 4 cm
- $375

PULL THE PLUG, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
- 2022
- 40.5 x 48 x 4 cm
- $380

TIME TO TALK
- 2022
- 46 x 81 x 5 cm
- $410