A & A - Elaine Sandra Abramson

ELAINE SANDRA ABRAMSON is a multi-talented creator who hails from a family of very creative individuals. On her father’s side, her Aunt Yetta taught art at the Cleveland Museum Of Art and gave Elaine her first art lessons when she was six. When she was eight, her Aunt Sylvia, a suit and dress designer for a Cleveland clothing manufacturer, taught her design basics and how to use a sewing machine. Her Aunt Mary also designed clothing and taught her how to construct soft toys . Elaine’s father and Uncle Jack designed and invented military weapons for the US Army Air Corps during World War II. After their separation from the military, the brothers designed and remodeled homes and continued to design and invent machinery for businesses. And her grandmother encouraged her creativity, calling her, “My Elainie with the golden hands.” Elaine believes that with a background like this, she was destined to be creative.

Like most young children, Elaine fell in love with Walt Disney’s animated characters. She spent hours and hours drawing the characters she saw in the magazines hoping to become a Disney animator when she grew up.

At Kent State University, Elaine filled a hole in her schedule by taking an enameling course. She fell in love with the art and made it her major. Her enamels were in the Cleveland Museum Of Art’s May Shows, Kent State’s national traveling exhibits, and the Cleveland Institute Of Art’s Shaker Square Exhibits.

Elaine’s first job after college was as a textbook illustrator for the Educational Research Counsel of Cleveland. She taught art in Cleveland’s inner city public schools during the the mid- 60's. When she left to have her first child, she quickly became bored with staying home and opened an art studio. But selling paintings was not enough to challenge her. Combining her knowledge of enameling, sewing, painting, and drawing, Elaine began designing her own characters and children’s soft toys. She sold them to local art galleries. She also became the leading artist at the Sassy Cat; her whimsical papier-mache chartreuse striped cats and blue frogs were used to promote the gallery.

In the early 70's, Elaine created a series of cartoon character wooden wall plaques for children’s rooms. She sold the characters to Craft House. During this period, Elaine also invented Create-A-Puzzle, a three-dimensional puzzle in which the foreground and the background are capable of coming forward or receding at the will of the player. IRV Merchandising, the agent for Universal Studio’s Woody Woodpecker, heard about Elaine’s puzzle and offered to represent her. IRV also represented Elaine’s Golden Gourmet children’s cartoon characters.

Elaine is the former director of the Animagic International Animation Apprenticeship Studio School. She created The Creative Entrepreneur Series program for Richland College. Richland College described it as, “A must have program for animators, visual artists, authors, composers, crafts persons, filmmakers, game developers, musicians, photographers, and performing artists.

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Elaine Sandra Abramson
P.O. Box 543
Hazelwood, MO 63042-0543
314-579-0215
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		ELAINE SANDRA ABRAMSON is a multi-talented creator who hails from a family of very creative individuals. On her father’s side, her Aunt Yetta taught art at the Cleveland Museum Of Art and gave Elaine her first art lessons when she was six. When she was eight, her Aunt Sylvia, a suit and dress designer for a Cleveland clothing manufacturer, taught her design basics and how to use a sewing machine. Her Aunt Mary also designed clothing and taught her how to construct soft toys . Elaine’s father and Uncle Jack designed and invented military weapons for the US Army Air Corps during World War II. After their separation from the military, the brothers designed and remodeled homes and continued to design and invent machinery for businesses. And her grandmother encouraged her creativity, calling her, “My Elainie with the golden hands.” Elaine believes that with a background like this, she was destined to be creative. Like most young children, Elaine fell in love with Walt Disney’s animated characters. She spent hours and hours drawing the characters she saw in the magazines hoping to become a Disney animator when she grew up. At Kent State University, Elaine filled a hole in her schedule by taking an enameling course. She fell in love with the art and made it her major. Her enamels were in the Cleveland Museum Of Art’s May Shows, Kent State’s national traveling exhibits, and the Cleveland Institute Of Art’s Shaker Square Exhibits. Elaine’s first job after college was as a textbook illustrator for the Educational Research Counsel of Cleveland. She taught art in Cleveland’s inner city public schools during the the mid- 60's. When she left to have her first child, she quickly became bored with staying home and opened an art studio. But selling paintings was not enough to challenge her. Combining her knowledge of enameling, sewing, painting, and drawing, Elaine began designing her own characters and children’s soft toys. She sold them to local art galleries. She also became the leading artist at the Sassy Cat; her whimsical papier-mache chartreuse striped cats and blue frogs were used to promote the gallery. In the early 70's, Elaine created a series of cartoon character wooden wall plaques for children’s rooms. She sold the characters to Craft House. During this period, Elaine also invented Create-A-Puzzle, a three-dimensional puzzle in which the foreground and the background are capable of coming forward or receding at the will of the player. IRV Merchandising, the agent for Universal Studio’s Woody Woodpecker, heard about Elaine’s puzzle and offered to represent her. IRV also represented Elaine’s Golden Gourmet children’s cartoon characters. Elaine is the former director of the Animagic International Animation Apprenticeship Studio School. She created The Creative Entrepreneur Series program for Richland College. Richland College described it as, “A must have program for animators, visual artists, authors, composers, crafts persons, filmmakers, game developers, musicians, photographers, and performing artists. A & A Elaine Sandra Abramson P.O. Box 543 Hazelwood, MO 63042-0543 314-579-0215 e-mail A & A Home \| Artisans \| Membership \| ArtSmart \| Contact \| Featured Craftsman \| Mission \| Links \| Members Only
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