{"product_id":"the-soho-hand-painted-mixed-media-wearable-art-handbag","title":"THE SOHO","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-Painted Mixed-Media Wearable Art Handbag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the woman who doesn’t want to see her bag on everyone else’s arm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SoHo starts with a blank 34\" × 18\" piece of soft cream canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore it ever becomes a handbag, I create the art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat canvas gives me more than four square feet to work with, and with The SoHo, I wanted to take the artwork in a different direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece combines rich chocolate hand-painted stripes and abstract markings with mixed-media text elements, creating layers of color, texture and words across the canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome areas are bold and structured. Others are raw, imperfect and unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's intentional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SoHo is meant to look like a piece that came straight out of an artist's studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing about the artwork is designed to be perfectly repeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce the original canvas artwork is complete, I take that 34\" × 18\" canvas and begin transforming it into The SoHo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe canvas is cut, shaped and constructed into the finished handbag, then detailed with two statement front pockets. Each pocket becomes another piece of the artwork, featuring its own abstract hand-painted design, mixed-media detailing and flap closure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine leather handle completes the exterior, while the inside is fully lined and finished with an interior pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat began as a blank canvas becomes an original piece of mixed-media art you can carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTHE SOHO CAN BE RECREATED. YOUR SOHO CANNOT.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can create another SoHo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handbag shape can return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two statement pockets can return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can work again with soft cream canvas, rich chocolate stripes, abstract markings and mixed-media elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut I cannot recreate this exact piece of artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery stripe is painted by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery abstract mark develops differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery mixed-media element is placed as I'm creating the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd once that finished canvas is cut, folded and constructed into a handbag, the artwork takes on another life of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's why no two SoHo bags will ever be exactly alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe style can return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe color story can return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo yes, another woman may own The SoHo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut she won't own your SoHo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBegins as approximately 34\" × 18\" of soft cream canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than four square feet of original art canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal artwork created by hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRich chocolate hand-painted stripes and abstract markings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed-media text and paper elements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo statement front pockets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndividually designed pocket artwork\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlap and button closures on exterior pockets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenuine leather handle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully lined interior\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterior pocket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndividually constructed and finished by hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach mixed-media composition is unique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished handbag size: approximately 15\"W × 13\"H\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo two SoHo handbags will ever be exactly alike\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplimentary U.S. Shipping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWEARABLE ART | WITH ANOTHER LAYER\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery handbag in the Angelique Collections Fall Collection may begin with the same 34\" × 18\" soft cream canvas, but each blank canvas gives me an opportunity to tell a completely different story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith The SoHo, I brought together painting and mixed media. Paint. Texture. Lines. Words. Layers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen I took all of it and turned it into a handbag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text isn't there because you're supposed to read the bag like a newspaper. It's part of the composition the words, type and fragments become another texture within the artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's what makes The SoHo different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt isn't fabric that I purchased with a design already printed on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI created the design on the canvas before I created the handbag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd instead of hanging that original mixed-media canvas on your wall,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eyou get to carry it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SoHo can be recreated. Your SoHo cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngelique Collections\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWearable Art. Made by hand. 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