Featuring the Kelp Art Creations of Tofino BC Artist, Lise Saurette
West Coast inspired Jewellery made from unique beach materials with the finest quality crystals and gemstones. Sea Kelp is used in place of Leather or Silver to showcase the sustainable use of a marine product in fashionably simple yet elegant jewellery. Kelp Art Creations by Lise Saurette. Available here at Castaways Value Store.
Lise Saurette Beginning in 1979, Lise spent 13 years working as a Lighthouse Keeper Lise found her love and talent for art during those years on the Lighthouses of Canada’s West Coat.
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​​​​​Lise calls her artworks,
Kelp Arts Creations. She makes West Coast Rainsticks and rattles, fashioned from dried bull kelp, painted and decorated with delicate sea urchin spines. “As well, Lise fashions jewellery and other art forms using dried kelp, found gooseneck barnacle shells, and paints watercolours using fine floral seaweeds.
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Lise currently lives and produces her artwork in Tofino B.C. where she has lived since 1993. She has had many shows and exhibits in the Tofino area where she is well known for her Kelptic Designs and for her surrealist style of watercolour art as well as for her work as performing artist.