Kelp Art Creations

Website: www.castaways-tofino.com

Tofino artist, Lise Saurette, 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. 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. Kelp Arts Creations are also available at Lise's webstore.