MY PAPER BAG COMPANY is a recycling project that I've begun hand crafting strips of canvas-backed acid-free paper into unique totes and handbags with original artwork drawn, stenciled and/or painted directly onto the resulting multi-faceted surface.
The material that I am using for this project is scrap from a restoration process called, linen backing. This is a common archival process for paper in which the paper is mounted to specially woven canvas and acid-free paper using an adhesive that is reversible with water.
More works in progress... more of My Paper Bag Co. to come.
Copyright © 2002-2009 Milagros Melendez. All rights reserved.
For questions about this project or any of the artwork shown on this site, feel free to contact me.
Many thanks and kindest regards,Milagros