Beside Herself
On Wednesday I stumbled over this picture here on Karyns blog MAKE SOMETHING which was one of the first blogs I’ve ever discovered and started following. Karyn owns a shop in Toronto where you can sew and craft by the hour if you don’t own craft equipment OR you can take a class as well. Pretty great idea if you ask me and makes me wish (a littlebit) I lived in Canada… *sigh* Ok. But back to what I’ve found there.
Karyn has been to the Spring Trunk Show and took a picture of these skull dolls and – THAT actually caught my attention even more – this fabric heart on the left. These treasures are made by a canadian team consisting of Carolyn Self and Alda Escareño who founded “Beside Herself“. They have an Etsy shop where they offer handprinted objects and wearables.
Beside Herself, originally uploaded by the workroom.
As I checked out their website and looked at their work I realized that I’ve never seen anything like this before. Some things are extremely morbid but on the other hand the way how it’s displayed and crafted is so beautiful. I had to look twice at some things and first I found them bizarre but couldn’t stop looking. For me this work is genius. Look at the things they are currently offering in their shop:
And here is a scarf that I’ve seen on their website. I’m totally in love with it and hope and wish they will sell it once again. The crafting is sublime and the print is so delicate… really. I have not enough words for this out of the box work. Haven’t seen anything that touched me like this in a LONG time. These girls are rockstars.
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yay! i’m mad at myself now for not picking up something from them at the trunk show. great post on them.
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It’s a little like the skull art for the Day of the Dead holiday. So morbid, but so pretty and meaningful. I’m in love with that scarf too!
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yes exactly, Elizabeth. I love Day of the Dead skulls. And if I was Karyn I’d be mad at myself, too for not getting something from them :-) I really really hope they’ll sell these scarfs again. Maybe I should drop them a mail….? :-)
I’ve always wanted to do a class – there’s a place by me that I’ve been meaning to go to (just met the owners actually). But they offer sewing classes and workshops – sounds like fun for people like me who don’t know how :)!
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What a unique and clever shop they have! The scarf is beautiful….I do hope they sell it once again…for you. ♥
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aahw. how sweet of you. the other day i was close buying the 3 sugar scull dolls but i could resist! :-) the scarf is too lovely. *sigh*
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