Artist Uses Salvaged Materials
in her Work
Excerpt from an article by Karla Farr on OregonLive.com, July 9, 2009.
Antonia Lindsey calls herself a reUse artist because her art incorporates things that would otherwise be thrown out, such as broken jewelry, watch parts, scrap paper, titanium slag and salvaged glass. She even has a process for using cat fur from her three Persian cats, making it into a beautiful edelweiss.
Lindsey began selling her art at the age of 13 and later earned a fine arts from the University of Oregon and a masters in art therapy from Marylhurst College. She has been an art therapist for the past 25 years.
In 2000, she was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease, a balance disorder.
"Though it's perhaps understandable when people respond with self-pity over losses, courage is much more productive and frankly, soothing," Lindsey said.
And soothing is exactly what her art depicts.
To view her art and read more of her story, visit her Web site - artimentarystudios.blogspot.com.