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Her [ A collection other warkwill be on display home studio in downtown Grafton is f/led with boxes of broken dishware, which she uses to create colourful pieces of on, V for the upcoming Northumberland Hills ND kr4f a H5 se pm gk-rtar M G. ty/gr _ Tedd Meme" f Narthurnberland News Studio Tour, which runs from Sept, 13 to 14. t The tour provides art lovers a chance to As the years crawled by, trends started to which often consumes her when's she out "Even if I'm at Canadian Tire for some- tour ardsts' studios across Northumberland. change, specifically within interior deco, of the house. thing completely different." . . This marks the fourth year Ms, Hertle's rating. Even when she's not shopping for art To view Ms. Hertle's work, visit anjaher- [ workwillbe on display inthat showcase. She soon discovered that the colourful materials, she can't resist eyeing potential tie.com. _ With a number of other galleries in the and vibrant tiles that were once popular objects to take back home and smash to For more information on the Northum- '. area also showcasing her work she's on her were no longer in mass production and smithereens. berland Hills Studio Tour, visit nonhum- way to becoming one of Northumberland’s becoming harder to find. "I always keep my eyes open," she said. berlandstudiotour.ca. go-to mosaic artists. "Weryone's bathrooms are beige or -"-'He'"" "I find little bags and boxes of broken brown now," she said. "it got harder and thingson my steps," she said. harder to find bright colours, and I love Her career in the arts dates back to when colours." she studied interior design at Ryerson Uni- So she set out Ona quest to replace tiles . . . , - . . . - Eyeii; t. varsity, but always had a thirst for creating and figured she could make the most of ,5 b' , m, ri 8rtrs'sv"r't Nt-ts 7604 y 4 If g. . 7/, 9 ' £3213.an land in the mosaic medium 2lhue1cn!1t'eet'fctflegt1r/itat were I RECOGNITION:Winners will be selected by consumer vote 5 until she found a course teaching the sub, "And they're three dimensional," she , I Pct, “I took a course on how to do this and added. "That opened up a whole new idea Ste. Anne s nom I Hated , I've been hooked ever since," she said. ofmaking the pieces three dimensional." _ Ori . ally, Ms. Hertle used tile to create As afidl-time mosaic artist, Ms. Home is f her pages, _ constantly on the hunt for new material, for Wellness Travel Award l VALERIE MACDONALD Ste. 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