Kathleen Dustin

Kathleen Dustin is an artist as well as an accessory designer.

Kathleen Dustin women's handbags made of colourful soft clay clay are often mistaken for sculpture.

The early works of Kathleen Dustin all take women as the theme. She depicts the various women's facial features vividly and directly takes their posture as a bag outline.

While observing the women around her, she has been examining her life.

The woman on the bag is sometimes observed by her, and sometimes reflects her own experience. In this way, she attracts the attention and sympathy of other women.

The first series of Kathleen Dustin is the "village girl" handbag. They are either curled up or sitting cross legged or holding a child. These handbags are not carried, and are the most closely related to sculpture.

After that, the saints series, mood series and classical series add arc handle or string belt, which is closer to the bag in appearance.

Sometimes she will print the contents of the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible on the back of the bag, which echoes the positive female facial expressions. "You can use them to pass the time at boring parties."

She said.

Recently, Kathleen Dustin was interested in the plant world. Pods, buds, moss, grass, leaves and branches became her inspiration.

She magnified these insipid and ubiquitous little things to remind people not to overlook the ordinary trifles in life.

"People often ask me why I want to make a handbag instead of a sculpture.

The reason is very simple, because sculpture will only be placed in a place where ash is accumulated, and you will not even touch them.

But the handbag is a practical thing. You will take them out and install things inside.

The use of beautiful things can enhance our lives.