CURRENT EXHIBITION  UPCOMING EVENTS  PAST EXHIBITIONS and LINKS  BIOGRAPHY  CONTACT/MAILING   A DIFFERENT PLANE/ QUARANTINE ISLAND  CLAY PRINTS/ IMPRECIONES de ARCILLA We're still working on the database; for the time being though, click on this link to view works available dating from 1999-- more is being added regularly. Hopefully soon we'll have a search function worked out with all of my figurative, landscape, abstract paintings and drawings, designs, doodles, sculptures and more... check back regularly and contact me with any questions about the work you see and don't see... submitted work for 3WARD, visit milagrosart.3rdward.com and let me know what you think of these works in progress click here for the BUTTERFLY DIARY, snapshots of one of my newest bags in progress- from conception to completion

This is a recycling project that I've begun, weaving strips of canvas-backed, acid-free paper into unique totes and handbags. I'll sometimes embellish the bags with various images using techniques best suited to the design; techniques such as stenciling, painting and drawing. I'll sometimes paint the design onto the bag by freehand. Working with this multi-faceted surface is very challenging which is what makes this project especially important to me. It affords me the opportunity to push my creative endeavors and create functional works of art that are truly one of a kind. No two bags will ever be the same. I am using remnants to create my paper bags 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.

submitted work for 3WARD, visit milagrosart.3rdward.com and let me know what you think of these works in progress click here for the BUTTERFLY DIARY, snapshots of one of my newest bags in progress- from conception to completion I'm currently reworking my website; click on this link to view works available dating from 1999-- more is being added regularly. If you don't see what you're looking for, feel free to contact me. MY PAPER BAG CO. available at Brooklyn's newest boutique, KINGDOM Get a better idea of what MY PAPER BAG COMPANY is about. Additional images available upon request. See Pics of My Paper Bag Co. in action: on the Go featured in the Brooklyn Royalty Spring 2010 Presentation / photography: BelkisPhoto Copyright © 2002-2010 Milagros Melendez. All rights reserved.