
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’.
Visit my website/Instagram/Facebook to see works for show at Nathan Phillips Square.
Colour intensity varies on different devices/screens; please email me to book a virtual tour/showing.
3D Works

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

10. JUST CAN'T KEEP 'EM IN
- 2021
- 41 x 41 x 15 cm
- $375

2. EMERGING INTO A NEW PLACE
- 2022
- 38 x 38 x 15 cm
- $395

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

4. CASCADE OF MISSING CONNECTIONS
- 2020
- 46 x 30 x 18 cm
- $350

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

6. HANGIN' ON
- 2020
- 58.5 x 51 x 12.5 cm
- $370

7. HALF FULL
- 2022
- 25 x 25 x 4.5 cm
- $150

8. STUFFED & EMPTY
- 2020
- 122 x 60.5 x 15 cm
- $790

9. WISE WOMAN IN HAIRY TIMES
- 2020
- 46 x 58 x 13 cm
- $450