Thea grew up on an island in the Pacific Northwest.
She attended not graduated college for 6 years studying business law & accounting.
After being a corporate paper pusher for almost a decade she said goodbye to grey
business suits and started off on her self employed adventure.
She wanted to do something more interesting with her hands than push papers all day.
She attended not graduated college for 6 years studying business law & accounting.
After being a corporate paper pusher for almost a decade she said goodbye to grey
business suits and started off on her self employed adventure.
She wanted to do something more interesting with her hands than push papers all day.
She started off small exhibiting her work in the West Seattle & White Center neighborhoods. Then
moved onto shows all over Seattle including I Heart Rummage & Urban Craft Uprising. Her work
has also been exhibited in the Seattle Asian Art Museum
Thea was lucky enough to have been introduced by a mutual friend Winter Rosebud (of Creepy
Crafts fame) to artist Elizabeth McGrath who not only exhibited Thea's work in Los Angeles at a
craft fair but Liz also wore Thea's work in her band's (Miss Derringer) first music video - Better Run
Away For Me.
Other big appearance outside of the state of Washington of Thea's work are The 2006 MTV Movie
Awards Style Lounge & The 2010 Academy Awards.
Thea's clients range from the famous to the girl next door and her line is carried in shops
internationally.
moved onto shows all over Seattle including I Heart Rummage & Urban Craft Uprising. Her work
has also been exhibited in the Seattle Asian Art Museum
Thea was lucky enough to have been introduced by a mutual friend Winter Rosebud (of Creepy
Crafts fame) to artist Elizabeth McGrath who not only exhibited Thea's work in Los Angeles at a
craft fair but Liz also wore Thea's work in her band's (Miss Derringer) first music video - Better Run
Away For Me.
Other big appearance outside of the state of Washington of Thea's work are The 2006 MTV Movie
Awards Style Lounge & The 2010 Academy Awards.
Thea's clients range from the famous to the girl next door and her line is carried in shops
internationally.
Other info:
Thea co-founded the Everett, WA league the Jet City Rollergirls
With a DIYer spirit Thea and her "derby wives" worked hard to create a community that is
known as the JCRG an all female ran league. Years later Thea still feels honoured to have been
able to have a hand in creating such a wonderful league that attracted some of the best people
on Earth to join too.
For the skater by the skater!
Thea had the great pleasure of mixing two of her long time loves big "noisy cars" and roller
derby by being the founder of her team the Camaro Harem.
More about Thea's derby life as Nova Payne here.
Thea's dad owned & operated a small auto body repair shop after he retired from the military.
That was Thea's first job. Thanks to that she is a "master" resin user and teaches classes on
that medium at Ben Franklin Crafts in Redmond Washington.
Thea's mom is Asian and taught her how to cook. Recipes are often shared on Thea's Blog.
Her children has taught her that her dad was ALWAYS right.
Otherwise all that she's just a plain old boring small town island girl.
To contact Thea please email: info@theastarr.com
Thea co-founded the Everett, WA league the Jet City Rollergirls
With a DIYer spirit Thea and her "derby wives" worked hard to create a community that is
known as the JCRG an all female ran league. Years later Thea still feels honoured to have been
able to have a hand in creating such a wonderful league that attracted some of the best people
on Earth to join too.
For the skater by the skater!
Thea had the great pleasure of mixing two of her long time loves big "noisy cars" and roller
derby by being the founder of her team the Camaro Harem.
More about Thea's derby life as Nova Payne here.
Thea's dad owned & operated a small auto body repair shop after he retired from the military.
That was Thea's first job. Thanks to that she is a "master" resin user and teaches classes on
that medium at Ben Franklin Crafts in Redmond Washington.
Thea's mom is Asian and taught her how to cook. Recipes are often shared on Thea's Blog.
Her children has taught her that her dad was ALWAYS right.
Otherwise all that she's just a plain old boring small town island girl.
To contact Thea please email: info@theastarr.com
| Photo by Mobeter (Adam Sandess) |
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Thea was featured in Croq Zine
Issue # 10.
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Thea authored a
tutorial for the
collaboration book -
Button & Stitch.
tutorial for the
collaboration book -
Button & Stitch.
Thea 's work was
featured in the book
Stitched Jewels.
featured in the book
Stitched Jewels.