In 2007, Amy Crehore painted her first fine art "Tickler" brand ukulele(above, Tickler Uke #1). 
In 2009, her Tickler Uke #2 (pineapple model) was finished (designed by Crehore 
and built from scratch by luthier Lou Reimuller). To see it: Follow this link.
Also, Crehore's collection of 13 hand-painted, restored vintage ukes,
"Tickleroos" , were featured in her fine art solo show, "Dreamgirls and Ukes"
in Los Angleles, CA in Feb/March 2009:LINK  to close-ups, 

In the 1990's, Amy Crehore played in a band called the "Hokum Scorchers" with
Lou Reimuller (creator of Teenar Girl Guitar). Here she is with a washboard
and Lou is playing his Style 0 1933 National guitar.
They played blues, rags and hokum music from the 1920's-1950's at Bumbershoot,
the Seattle Folk Festival and other NW venues such as Ken Kesey's events. 

LISTEN TO TEN SONGS RECORDED BY THE HOKUM SCORCHERS IN THE 1990s HERE

Band featured on Boingboing! (8/17/11) GWEEK 014 podcast features song "You May Go" (8/30/11)

 Gweek 015 boingboing's podcast  features song, "Pick Poor Robin Clean" (9/5/11)

Gweek 015 boingboing's podcast features "I Got Your Ice Cold NuGrape" (9/19/11)

In the 1980's, Amy Crehore published a comic book called "Boys and Girls Grow Up" with Tom
Campagnoli in Richmond, VA. There were five issues (1981-1985) - distributed by Last Gasp.
Shown here are the front covers by Amy Crehore of "Boys and Girls Grow Up" numbers 4 and 5.

Peter Bagge review in WEIRDO #13: "A bunch of friends get together and say, 'Let's make a comic book',
and what a great comic book! This is REAL folk art, folks, edited by Tom Campagnoli and Amy Crehore,
who did the beautiful color covers."

See more comic covers and read about "Boys and Girls Grow Up" and 
The Hokum Scorchers on Little Hokum Rag. Read all about Tickler Ukuleles, too.