An Assembly Line, Coordinated Quartet of Smalls with a Conductor Introduced Earlier in the Week. Very Productive, but also Tunnel-Vision Inducing.
After a rather eventful and costume-heavy Halloweekend, I hit the ground running in the studio, not only fulfilling a commission, but also attempting to replenish my inventory of small bags in a week. It was daunting and the All-Nighters/Long Days that it took to accomplish it were arduous, but the results speak for themselves.
Prior to leaving for my Brother’s Wedding, I made sure to properly lay out the commission’s request: Classical Cream Shell with a Neutral Base/Botanical Accents, and pops of green, blue, and brown throughout the runner. When I landed back in Michigan I got right back on the bench and finished it up. There’s a moment of “Suffering from Success” where I had 2 small bags left and only a few days to properly restock outside of the custom shells.
The issue being had at the booth is one of Delayed Gratification, with clients much preferring a properly made bag over the choose your own adventure I offer, nevertheless, we persist. 4 Bags made in tandem prior to the Sunday Market.
I chose palettes I believed best fit the shells, with the Red-Light Green -Light interplay going hand-in-hand with the Seaside Striations Shell, and the Big Cat Print complimenting the Yellow Brick Road Shell’s spots. Below is the Array of 5 bags I managed to make in a week, and I can safely say that the true mvps have been the sample booklet collections, providing instances like the chain details on the Red Planet Runner. I’m grateful for firms taking a chance on me, and each person commenting on my eye for matching and detail is inadvertently reaffirming my Architectural and Spatial Eye.
Now I’m back down to only 3 small bags following the Market, so the upcoming week is one in which I hope to make 3 smalls and 2 mediums to bolster the respective inventories, because the Medium is truly where the sweet spot is, the
“Happy Medium” if you’re a particular fan of A Wrinkle in Time.
