Bord and Pillar Tote Bag #2 - Eco-Handbags$ 130.00 Help |
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Product DescriptionMade by Mined Recreations.In her 35th year Joanne begins to learn about the young ladies in the developing / third world, especially South Africaand Lesotho. She falls in love with their spirit, their intelligence, their articulate views and is struck by the idea that all they need is someone to help them rise up from obscurity – to help shape the “raw material” of their lives – and give them access to educationso their potential can be realized. Not long after, Joanne is inspired to take her design skills and apply them to mining massive amounts of rejected post-consumer goods (especially denim – “mined” is denim spelled backward!) that are languishing in consignment and used clothing shops. With no formal design or fashion training, she begins mixing denim, wool and leather items to form new fashion creations that can be given new life. mined reCREATIONS is born and Joanne sells out her first season of handbags in fall 2005! When Joanne meets the Marimba Kidz from Dobsonville, Johannesburg, South Africa she connects with 6 young female members of the band which is made up of 30 children ages 14 to 18 years. In speaking with these young women, Joanne sees her chance to blend her passion for design with her desire to create opportunity for the developing world’s young women. Much as she gives new life to discarded items in the form of her handbag, mitten, and hat designs, by contributing a portion of the proceeds of sales to scholarships for South African girls, she is creating an opportunity for them to be restored and find value again through post-secondary education and the doors that education can open. Joanne’s work is sold primarily from her home studio in Cambridge, ON and through her website: www.minedrecreations.com. In fall 2006, she exhibited in her first public show at the Markham Christmas Design and Craft Show. Now, with this application to the One of a Kind Show, this self-taught designer’s dreams are coming together: the dream of exhibiting at this prestigious show; the dream of reusing discarded clothing to create stylish new fashions; the dream of giving new life through education to the young women of South Africa. Find out why we love this member... |
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