We are Telle + Rex and we are the artists behind Is Was + Will Be. Our studio space is currently in Portland, Oregon, where this endeavour started in 2011.

In 2010 we found ourselves treading water in our professional lives. We’ve both toyed around with various arts and mediums since childhood, and finally came to the realization that self-expression through art forms gives us both great joy. We shed our former lives on the East coast and transplanted ourselves into unfamiliar territory in the magical Pacific Northwest. It was an artistic rebirth.

We have strong emotional connections to the things we own; we have the habit of naming our inanimate objects, and we treasure the stories behind our possessions. We believe in living simply and surrounding ourselves with materials that have connective, relevant meanings to our lives. Our handmade designs are the tangible narratives of our experiences; our vision for Is Was + Will Be is to provide people with objects that they emotionally connect with and use to enrich their daily experiences.

We are honored to be Featured Sellers on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/featured-seller-iswas-willbe/

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"Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood!"
-r.w. emerson

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proud to be members of:
>>PDX Etsy
>>Astro&Neutrino


we are also on etsy as:
farewelltransmission
tellelefler

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