Ms. iN tHe PiNk

This funky purse has some bead work, & applique as features. Once again it Incorporated recycled leather, and satin. I really enjoyed making this piece, and I had so many great ideas for a number of pieces arising out of its inception. These purses were a breakthrough for me as well as a breakdown. It was a strange time. A confusing time. Nonetheless it was a time full of love, and learning.

Tam modelled the purse in a garden fashion show at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Tam and I met at the Port Moody Wearable Art Competition. She does amazing metal art. She displayed a piece of her work in the Vagina Monologue's concurrent Art Show that I curated, and Ken Flett hung for me. He transformed that space amazingly!

Before I sewed the appliqued panel into the purse, I made a rubbing of it. It was sooooo cool!! I loved that part almost more than the whole making of the purse. I have so many good ideas about what to do with the rubbings. : )

I also did some bead work inside on the lining. The beads are couched onto the fabric.
A big heart went into this purse!

Ms. in the Port Moody Wearable Art show.

Let love in, and out (!), of your heart all you can.

Peace, man.

SoUL sWiRL

I made this funky purse from recycled black leather (pants), black satin (around the perimeter), and layers and layers of various fabric, which I slashed. The lining is gold satin, and red velvet with stitching in the letters of my business on each side, which I stitched on the machine. I will try to take a picture of the inside.

Here's "the soul" sitting on a table outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. There were a lot of boutiques on Main Street that wanted her.

I called it Soul Swirl, because of the curvaceous lines, but mainly because that is what my soul was doing at the time I was working on it. Dizzying really, like a whirling dervish. Spinning, and swirling, loving and learning. Taking leaps, sometimes missing the bank on the other side, but still, swimming, staying afloat, leaping again, learning, and loving. Losing, and gaining, making very tough decisions, seeing many aspects of life clearly for the first time. Amazing what a little real love will do for a person. We should all have some real love. Not everyone has ever experienced it.

Here she is in the Port Moody Wearable Art Show.

I made another funky purse in different design, which I will post later. It is made with black leather, too, and pink satin. Feel free to contact me by leaving a comment on my blog, or by emailing me at klozhausfunk@gmail.ca

Breathe love.

Baby Rose

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made this cardboard mannequin for my onion bag/satin fabric weaving piece, Rosie. It is here hanging in an art show between two of my other
pieces, The Key, and Ms. In the Pink. (I will post them one of these days!)

I went through a phase where I named things Rosy, which has special significance for me because I wanted to name my baby girl Rose, or some combination with that name.

I liked Liberty Rose, or Libby Rose for short because Liberty meant that the girl had complete freedom (from my feminist upbringing), and because I love roses, they are beautiful, and I grow them.

It was a very symbolic period for me because I desperately wanted to have another baby. I put the remainder of the energy of my grief into these pieces, in a positive way. It was a transition point for me. It helped me to realize that with an end there is a new beginning. When one door closes, new doors open. Then choices abound.

aahhhmmm.
peace and love