Blumen Bachia Pod by Kathleen Dustin......!!!
Bracelet purse with rubber handle.
11"h x 4.5"w x 4.5"d
11"h x 4.5"w x 4.5"d
Kathleen Dustin's statement
People often ask me, "Where do your ideas come from?" I feel that part of my job as an artist is to pay attention, and so for 30 years I have been paying attention to the stages in my life and those of women around me, to the lives of women in exotic places where I've lived, and now to the quiet life I live and the natural world around me. The imagery of my work comes form taking a deep look at my life, responding to it, and expressing it so that it strikes a cord in someone else too, encouraging them to pay attention.
In my past work, I've tried to put emotion and thought into the female face on each purse making it a beautiful object so that someone desires to pick it up and become engaged with it. I've also sometimes included biblical scripture on the back of the purse, usually from the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible, which is relevant to the face expression and can give the wearer something meaningful to think about when the party gets boring.
More recently, I've been paying attention to the shapes , color shifts, and repetition of the small mundane elements in the woods, such as seed pods, buds, moss, grasses, leaves, sticks and stones. Then I strive to make a beautiful object based on what I find so that someone again desires to pick it up and become engaged with it. My hope is that it causes someone to pay attention to a tiny seed pod or to the repetition of grass under ones feet, to pay attention to the small mundane things (and maybe even people) in one's life.
I am often also asked, "Why purses? Why don´t you make figurines or sculptures?" The reason is because a figurine or sculpture just sits there collecting dust. You aren´t supposed to touch it. But because these purses are functional, you are supposed to touch them, caress them and examine them. Your life is enhanced because it´s wonderful to carry beautiful things around with you and use them. And that is what I want my creations to do.
Image courtesy of Kathleen Dustin
People often ask me, "Where do your ideas come from?" I feel that part of my job as an artist is to pay attention, and so for 30 years I have been paying attention to the stages in my life and those of women around me, to the lives of women in exotic places where I've lived, and now to the quiet life I live and the natural world around me. The imagery of my work comes form taking a deep look at my life, responding to it, and expressing it so that it strikes a cord in someone else too, encouraging them to pay attention.
In my past work, I've tried to put emotion and thought into the female face on each purse making it a beautiful object so that someone desires to pick it up and become engaged with it. I've also sometimes included biblical scripture on the back of the purse, usually from the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible, which is relevant to the face expression and can give the wearer something meaningful to think about when the party gets boring.
More recently, I've been paying attention to the shapes , color shifts, and repetition of the small mundane elements in the woods, such as seed pods, buds, moss, grasses, leaves, sticks and stones. Then I strive to make a beautiful object based on what I find so that someone again desires to pick it up and become engaged with it. My hope is that it causes someone to pay attention to a tiny seed pod or to the repetition of grass under ones feet, to pay attention to the small mundane things (and maybe even people) in one's life.
I am often also asked, "Why purses? Why don´t you make figurines or sculptures?" The reason is because a figurine or sculpture just sits there collecting dust. You aren´t supposed to touch it. But because these purses are functional, you are supposed to touch them, caress them and examine them. Your life is enhanced because it´s wonderful to carry beautiful things around with you and use them. And that is what I want my creations to do.
Image courtesy of Kathleen Dustin
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