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Designer Style Handbags
by Sherri Hoab Sherri Hoab is becoming a familiar name in the world of craft books. She is the author of “The Art of Metal Clay” and “Designer-Style Jewelry,” as well as, several crafts books for children. An accomplished author, she is able to clearly translate her skills as a designer and teacher of the written word. In books that excite, inspire and instruct, “Designer Style Handbags” has something for sewers, non-sewers, general craftspeople, polymer clay artists, crocheters, photographers, beaders, felters, stampers, leather workers, painters, and, even, scrap bookers. The ideas illustrated by Sherri are a springboard for the readers own creativity. A wide range of materials and techniques for making original handbags are described and illustrated, step-by-step, from start to finish. A relatively common style of crocheted bag can become a very unusual bag when crocheted with plastic bag strips. Favorite photos can be incorporated into a vinyl bag or used to stencil a blank black handbag. Small candy tins and old books are transformed into fun and funny bags. It appears that the author can make a hand bag out of virtually any object that you could present to her. The results range from funky to sophisticate. This is a great way to use those interesting odds and ends that artists and craftspeople accumulate to use “someday,” to create and personalize a unique bag. What a fun book. It is chocked full of “out of the box” ideas and practical instruction for a wide range of materials. By the way, her source list provides companies for many hard to find tools and supplies; I appreciate that. Review by Diana Norris |
