Penny Richards' photos with the keyword: luggage

Secondhand traincase, upcycled with paint, paper collage, modpodge, sharpies, krylon.

Thrifted Samsonite traincase, upcycled with gesso, acrylics, modpodge, paper collage, sharpies, and krylon. All images from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted Samsonite traincase, upcycled with gesso, acrylics, modpodge, paper collage, sharpies, and krylon. All images from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted Samsonite traincase, upcycled with gesso, acrylics, modpodge, paper collage, sharpies, and krylon. All images from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted Samsonite traincase, upcycled with gesso, acrylics, modpodge, paper collage, sharpies, and krylon. All images from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

The front, featuring Cesar Vallejo.

Distance view.

The back, featuring Pablo Neruda and a quote from his work ("He learned the alphabet of the lightning") in English and Spanish.

The side featuring a Neruda poem about a petrified tree.

Interior view. Very nice acetate lining, with zippered pocket and original mirror.

The Octavio Paz side, with his poem, "Dawn."

The top, with a quote from Cesar Vallejo about freedom.

Swimsuitcase is made from a thrifted Skyway suitcase, upcycled with gesso, paint, sharpies, paper collage, modpodge, and paper punches. Image of the three swimmers in 1914 is from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Swimsuitcase is made from a thrifted Skyway suitcase, upcycled with gesso, paint, sharpies, paper collage, modpodge, and paper punches. Image of the three swimmers in 1914 is from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted suitcase, upcycled with gesso, paint, modpodge, paper collage, ink, sharpies, and krylon. Images are tintypes from the Liljenquist collection recently donated to the Library of Congress and uploaded to Flickr Commons in the set "Civil War Faces." www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/7215762552...

A vintage train case I upcycled as a custom order -- it's a birthday gift for an actress friend, commissioned by her husband. The order was for strong colors, lots of details. The ten actresses featured are Sarah Bernhardt, Eleanora Duse, Constance Collier, Zena Dare, Helena Modjeska, Adah Isaacs Menken, Ellen Terry, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Alla Nazimova, and Blanche Bender. Three of the images are from Flickr Commons.

A vintage train case I upcycled as a custom order -- it's a birthday gift for an actress friend, commissioned by her husband. The order was for strong colors, lots of details. The ten actresses featured are Sarah Bernhardt, Eleanora Duse, Constance Collier, Zena Dare, Helena Modjeska, Adah Isaacs Menken, Ellen Terry, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Alla Nazimova, and Blanche Bender. Neilson-Terry image from Flickr Commons (see below).

A vintage train case I upcycled as a custom order -- it's a birthday gift for an actress friend, commissioned by her husband. The order was for strong colors, lots of details. The ten actresses featured are Sarah Bernhardt, Eleanora Duse, Constance Collier, Zena Dare, Helena Modjeska, Adah Isaacs Menken, Ellen Terry, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Alla Nazimova, and Blanche Bender. Blanche Bender image from the Nantucket Historical Association uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).