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Short & Sweet

Combine one part sweet Midwestern drawl, one part savvy designer, one part hard-core crafter, with a dash of Portland, Oregon's hip independent spirit and you get mixed media artist, Alissa Thiele. This petite artist charms you with her soft accent, and cuts you with her sharp artistic sensibilities stemming from her study of nature and design.

Emerging deep from the husks of the Nebraska plains, this artist is now seeking inspiration, good teas, and a dose of rain in Portland. Her subtle artistic observations combine influences of urban and natural beauty alike. Her artwork series, Standard Movement, displays her delicate juxtaposition of found and created components such as coffee rings, stencil graffiti in honeycomb patterns, found vintage paper, and drawn native Oregon plants. Together, the various elements create an abstract, yet recognizable organic collage that is as elegant as the flourished frames that hold them. These same graphics translate well to Thiele's greeting card series, custom-made wallets, and pendants that carry the same name.

Recently, to round out her craft offerings, she has launched a jewelry line, combining strictly earthy objects with bright blasts of color. Overall, Thiele's work is elegant yet quirky, wild yet calming, altogether creating a harmonious symbiosis of the organic and other-worldly. She may be short and sweet, but this Cornhusker transplant's art and crafts pack a solid punch.

Artwork & jewelry can be purchased through Etsy shop: www.atealeaf.etsy.com

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