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Portholes One-Of-A-Kind Wool Purse

$165.00

I am made of gathered color and slow time.

My body was formed with warm water and pressure. My wool shrunk into itself until it learned its shape. Across my face, silk ribbons wander like currents, stitched down gently, never forced. Beads trace their path, remembering every hand that touched them before.

I carry circles, or windows, filled with blues and golds. I give a sense of looking out from the hull of a ship toward an endless sea. I hold what you need, but more than that, I hold movement, memory, and passage. I rest against your body as you walk forward, reminding you that there is always somewhere else, somewhere blue, somewhere waiting.

I am made of gathered color and slow time.

My body was formed with warm water and pressure. My wool shrunk into itself until it learned its shape. Across my face, silk ribbons wander like currents, stitched down gently, never forced. Beads trace their path, remembering every hand that touched them before.

I carry circles, or windows, filled with blues and golds. I give a sense of looking out from the hull of a ship toward an endless sea. I hold what you need, but more than that, I hold movement, memory, and passage. I rest against your body as you walk forward, reminding you that there is always somewhere else, somewhere blue, somewhere waiting.

Garden Under the Sun
Garden Under the Sun
$165.00

I made this purse in September 2024 as a meditation on movement, memory, and looking outward while carrying what we need close. The wet-felted wool body forms a soft but sturdy foundation—ancient material shaped through patience and repetition.

The front is slow-stitched with recycled sari silk, beads, and embroidered metal rings. Each ring holds cotton fabric in blues and golds, intentionally reminiscent of porthole windows gazing out over water. For me, the ocean symbolizes vastness, surrender, and the promise of forward motion even when the body remains still.

The interior is fully lined with fabric and includes a hand-embroidered pocket. Crochet edges the opening and forms the strap, while the closure is a vintage button from a collection my mother once gifted me—an anchor of personal history stitched into the present.

Materials & Details

• Wet-felted wool body

• Recycled sari silk ribbons

• Hand-stitched seed beads

• Embroidered metal rings

• Cotton fabric inserts (blue & gold tones)

• Hand-embroidered interior pocket

• Fabric liner

• Crochet edging and strap

• Vintage button closure (sentimental heirloom)

Measurements

• Body: 9 inches tall x 10 inches wide

• Strap drop: 17 inches from shoulder to top of purse

• Designed to be worn cross-body

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