A stormy Sunday afternoon. A fairly quiet afternoon at the yarn shop. A heated competition. Two artists go head to head with one goal: make bags out of a single square of fiber. One felts, the other chooses fabric. One goes for simple shapes: squares, diamonds. The other makes an item ever-popular in women’s wear from evening wear to a business engagement: a pig purse.
The two artists are Randy Scheessele and Sylvia Saborio, both of whom use their own styles and techniques to create variations on this single item. Each purse must be made out of a single square of fabric.
These two artists show us infinite possibilities from a single source, and incorporation of various art forms, including origami, felting, and sewing into manipulation of fibers. So when thinking of your next project, don’t just look at a pattern, but think about it, and figure out how you can modify that hat, sweater, bag, sock or purse to be a unique piece of art.
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