Penny Richards' photos with the keyword: feminist

Secondhand purse from eBay, upcycled with gesso, paint, modpodge, paper collage, stencils, sharpies, and inks. Image of suffrage advocate J. Hungerford Milbank from Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below). SOLD, 2/11.

Secondhand purse from eBay, upcycled with gesso, paint, modpodge, paper collage, stencils, sharpies, and inks. Image of suffrage advocate J. Hungerford Milbank from Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below). SOLD, 2/11.

Thrifted Lancaster leather backpack, upcycled with freezer-paper stencil, gesso, acrylic paints, sharpies. modpodge, krylon. Emmeline Pankhurst image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Tested my freezer-paper stencil on a t-shirt (which I use for experiments, maybe you can tell from the varieties of dye in the background--it used to be a white shirt). Emmeline Pankhurst image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Freezer-paper stencil I played with today. Emmeline Pankhurst image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Most of my purses have a text box like this somewhere (on the bottom or under a flap) that explains the subject's name and achievements.

Upcycled purse painted, collaged, sharpied, and kryloned. Image is from the Library of Congress uploads at Flickr Commons (see below). Glenna Smith Tinnin (1877-1945) was a theatre professional who directed some of the major suffrage parades and pageants of the 1910s. SOLD, 6/09.

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, ink, paper collage, modpodge, and krylon. Quote is from Grace Greenwood (1823-1904), American writer, first woman reporter on the payroll at the New York Times: "The women of the next age will be the stronger and the freer, aye, the happier, for the few brave spirits who now stand up fearlessly for unpopular truth against the world." SOLD.

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, ink, paper collage, modpodge, and krylon. Image is Grace Greenwood (1823-1904), American writer, first woman reporter on the payroll at the New York Times. Photo by Southworth & Hawes, from the Flickr Commons uploads of the George Eastman House (see below). SOLD.

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, ink, paper collage, modpodge, and krylon. Image is George Sand (1804-1876), French novelist. Photo by Nadar, from the Flickr Commons uploads of the George Eastman House (see below). DONATED 5/10.

Thrifted black purse, upcycled with gesso, acrylic paint, sharpies, ink, paper collage, modpodge, and krylon. Quote is George Sand (1804-1876), French novelist: "As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides."