Mokamoda write up for first weekend of jazz fest
New Orleans Jazz Fest must-see crafts, first weekend
Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on April 22, 2013 at 2:47 PM, updated April 24, 2013 at 7:57 PM
Laura Giancola carries the cycle of life in a handbag
Hammond native Laura Giancola says she loves lines. Abstract patterns of lines invite the eye to meander across her geometrically shaped, cleanly constructed canvas handbags. Giancola’s silkscreen patterns have a modernist simplicity, with airy passages of negative space like traditional Japanese prints. She says they’re meant to imply “the cycles in life, how they connect, how they relate.” Her pallet of scarlet, absinthe, charcoal and cloud gray is intended for spring and summer. Giancola’s accessories would have seemed as chic in 1953 as they do in 2013.
• What: Elegant handmade canvas handbags decorated with mod silkscreen patterns.
• Where: Contemporary Crafts, Tent F
• When: First Weekend, April 26-28
• Prices: $80 to $200.
Giancola is an art student at the University of New Orleans. She said her handbags are a functional outlet for her interest in printmaking. “I make them all myself,” she said. “I’m always busy.”
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