sarah in nyc

At long last, this bag is done. Frankly, I couldn't be happier. So much thought went into each and every detail.  The button my client had provided was beautiful, but not exactly the right color. You can see the original below. I altered the button color using my secret methods and the color works much better now. The purple velvet loop is made out of a bit of the first velvet I had ever purchased.  It's a silk/rayon mix. The loft I had purchased it from in the garment district is long gone.  The rest of the velvet has been used in little slivers in dozens of pieces I have made over the years.   The inside of the loop is threaded with elastic. The plant store down the street has begun putting out spring flowers. If we had enough light in the apartment I would have brought some home. Alas, I will just have to enjoy these blooms on the street. The gardening gloves sold a couple of blocks awa...

Sunday my husband and I decided to see the Warhol exhibit at the Whitney. Our sons had gone earlier in the week and had loved it. Our walk west from the subway began at the Bleeker playground. We continued west on Bank Street.  The bright sunlight made all of the old ironwork seem especially appealing. We made it through the long line and into the museum. I hadn't seen these early drawings before.  I hadn't realized how much Warhol had been influenced by Ben Shahn. Of course, I loved this drawing. I was familiar with the shoe-portraits but hadn't realized that they were drawings mixed with collage. So much of Warhol's work was about the commercialization of art-- how the seeing and looking and the presentation of objects can turn them into art. All of which made watching the other visitors more and more compelling. When we were at the Louvre in November visitors crowded around the Mona Lisa sn...