hand bags at dawn
Karen from Artists Network Bedfordshire sent us a link to this hand bag made from recycled innocent kids drink cartons. It was created by Maxine Owen, who uses a lot of recycled material in her work apparently. It's even got little tags and things on it like those posh ones you need to remortgage your house to pay for.
That's cool!
Posted by: Sandra | August 13, 2007 at 08:13 AM
Okay, I really want one...
Posted by: Cassandra | August 13, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Ohh, I have a ag a little bit like this made out of recycled juice cartons ( they are a bit like capri-sun cartons, the foil-pouchy things ) ! I meant to suggest it to one of your people at the fete, but it slipped my mind - but looks like someone got there first!
It's very pretty, I wish I had one :P
You can get a similar type of thing from http://www.doybags.com
Posted by: The Carrot | August 14, 2007 at 12:10 PM
It's very pretty. But I hope the lady who made it ensured that the cartons were all thoroughly washed before it's creation. You don't want your mobile covered in off smelling, sticky smoothie gunk.
Posted by: Joanne | August 15, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I want one! Are they for sale?
Posted by: Renee Boyer-Willisson | August 15, 2007 at 12:49 PM
In response to Joanne.... SURELY the lady who made this lovely bag had the common sense to wash the cartons out, do you really think she'd stitch a bag if the cartons were gooey????
Posted by: Lorraine Liyanage | August 15, 2007 at 12:50 PM
i am the artist who created this..and i would like to say to the author who posted up the comment about washing cartons out...all the cartons have been cleaned and steamed...the bags are fully lined and functional. I would not dream of working with unclean materials....
Posted by: Maxine | August 15, 2007 at 01:35 PM
pretty cool - love the tags!
Posted by: mel | August 15, 2007 at 02:00 PM
Too bad it's not for sale, I would love to have one in my growing handbag collection!
Posted by: Franziska | August 15, 2007 at 02:58 PM
Hi everyone. Thanks for all your comments. I can make these bags for anyone who is interested. I also run workshops showing how to be creative with all sorts of packaging. Mail me for more information. I will get back to you as soon as i can. kind regards Maxine x
Studio23arts@aol.com
Posted by: Maxine | August 15, 2007 at 07:11 PM
Bet it smells of cat!
Posted by: John Dodds | August 18, 2007 at 06:06 PM
dont be stupid...the cartons are thoroughly washed...what a silly comment!!
Posted by: M | August 19, 2007 at 09:44 AM
I absolutely love this creation!! Well done to Maxine the creator! I think innocent smoothies should use Maxine so she could design and sell other things like mobile phone cases, pencil cases etc as well as bags Im sure loads of people would buy them:D
Posted by: Shiv | August 29, 2007 at 10:39 PM
If only you could buy those
Posted by: Marmite Man | August 03, 2008 at 05:14 PM