SALA Artist - Erin Mckenzie-Christensen

Artist profile

Erin lives in northeast Adelaide. She has lived with ME/CFS for about 25 years. She has been completely bedridden since 2012.  She was very creative and crafty from a young age. Erin loves all things paper craft including stamping, blending, using dyes, making 3D/interactive cards. She sells these cards to raise money for Bridges and Pathways Institute SA. She also loves sewing, patchwork, quilting, making cushions and doing dressmaking. She also loves crocheting. Despite living with multiple disabilities and being bedridden she has found a way to continue the crafts she loves. She is currently writing a memoir about living with disabilities including ME/CFS and about playing musical instruments. When it's completed she hopes to get it published.

Adelaide, South Australia

Gallery

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Artist Comments

Greeting card - 6" by 6" vertical stepper card with a fairy paper tole (three dimensional decoupage) on the front.

Cards are made to order:

• Simple $5 
• Simple pop-up $10 
• Complex pop-up $15 
• Pop-up with lights $25

Description of  the artwork

A three dimensional greeting card with wine red and navy blue background colours and a woodsy theme with flowers, ferns and mushrooms. In the centre is a gently smiling cartoon fairy with purple hair in a light blue dress with her head perched on her hands. She is sitting on a toadstool with blueberries and a butterfly under a night sky with sparkling stars.

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