Women's Journeys in Fiber - Purse-n-alities Project

(click on picture above to return to the home page) To learn more about a particular artist, click on their picture on the right.	Jan Aaron	Patti Benbow	June Burrows	Madelyn Gaul
Problem Process & Development Artists Exhibits	Marion Beam	Alice Jenks	Sheryl Kinney	Janette Gerber
	Cindy Kuo	Joy Lavrencik	Vivian Morrison
	Elizabeth Mini	Virginia Reisner	Sheila Schaeffer-Hirsh	Barbara Schneider
	Sally Schoch	Jeanne Reed	Mary Krebs Smyth	Kay Lange
	Anita Luvera Mayer	Carolyn Seng	Linda Sorkin Eisenberg	Loraine Stillman
	(Photos by Cindy Kuo)

Problem - Design a purse using any textile techniques of your choosing that tells something about your personality or that of someone you select, (i.e. ... a celebrity, friend, relative). Your project should measure between 8.5" L x 3-4" W x 10.5" H (smallest) to 14" L x 5-8" W x 18" H (largest), these dimensions include handles.

Process & Development

Purses, how do we perceive them? As a fashion statement? As a communication device? What is their form or function? How do we use them? How do different cultures see or use the purse? Who has carried them over the centuries and how or why? What are other names for purses?  Make some notes about how you feel about the purse and materials you might use to construct your project.

Artists

Exhibits

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