"It has been fascinating to find solutions to the fastenings and hardware on the bags, without using new parts. I have loved using bits of tack: harness, braided rein, etc., as well as scavenged bits from army tents. I just bought a navy wool sailor jacket that looks like it will make a great bag...everything is up for grabs. Sometimes, standing next to a guy in a line-up for coffee, I will be seriously coveting his old worn jacket. Seriously."
I am obsessed with making bags! Several of my compulsive tendencies are served with this new project. First, all the materials are re-used, found through thrift stores, sales, rag shops, etc., satisfying my inner corvid, the scrounge. Next, it's 3D construction, super challenging to an artist working in 2d (painting, photography, video projection) for over thirty years. Then, it's materials. you know that feeling you get in a yarn store, a bead store, a glass place, a salvage yard....
I wanna make something....and put together this, with this, add that, and..
SUBLIME. Last, it's fashion, my guilty fascination out in the open. It may not change the world but I am fascinated by clothing and the bag is such a personal part of one's gear.
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