With a new year, comes new inspiration.
I can confidently say that I have nearly mastered plastic as a textile. It is now time to see where I can go with it.
Recently, I finished a table cover from a couple who had saved their gift bags over the years as they traveled the states, and the world. It has been an amazing project to work on, not only because I had to get plastic to "behave" like fabric, but honestly, being away from the consumer packaging aspect of my work was refreshing. These bags, technically, can be recycled as most every gift bag is #2 or #4. Even so, to capture the journeying of this couple was a blessing. I hope to do more custom orders like this in the future.
Another path I am pursuing is my wall art. I cannot say why I initially put my designs on tote bags and purses in the beginning as I was never a bag type of person. I really liked having my work on something functional and it brought a new dynamic to designing accessories. This week though, I nurtured the designs by allowing them to live on a flat, stationary surface. The images pop off the base page and hang off in some cases.
This has been something that I am not free to do with my accessory line because of the nature of use. Knowing that these images will be on a wall, desk, dresser, or book shelf allowed me the freedom to turn my 2-d graphic design into 3-d.
I have had a great time creating these and will continue to do so along with my current product line.
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