Cosmetic Bags

Tonight is the opening for the Lino ’snore’ Exhibition in Kalk Bay and I will have these two cosmetic/toiletry bags on display (and for sale) there.

They are made using the scraps of David Bellamy’s fabrics. I love the selvages of fabrics: they contain information such as the manufacturer of the fabric, the name of the fabric, sometimes even washing instructions and my favourite part is the colour swatches. I have always wanted to make something out of them and finally I have. I cut strips of David’s gorgeous English linen and cotton scraps and cut off the corresponding selvage’s. I left the edges raw because I feel they add an interesting textural quality to the surface – not everything has to be perfect to be well-made.

I especially love the metaphor of the colour swatches being used for cosmetic bags. They look like rows of eye shadow pots.

The pouches are lined with water resistant fabric so they are functional too.

I thought they came out really well. Perhaps I will even make a few for my etsy shop….