BAGS with a dark side

I HAVE BEEN MAKING BAGS - for my shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/dreamtimemakes?ref=l2-shopheader-name  The first ones that I listed were inspired by some of the stunning tattoos that I have seen lately. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/183566328/tattoo-skull-purseooak-gothpsychobilly?ref=shop_home_feat_1

My latest bag has a victoriana/Gothic feel to it.  I walked through the churchyard I used to play in as a child and there had been a lot of work done to tidy the graveyard.  Sadly there were a lot of damaged graves, some of which had small trees growing out of them and some that had been broken.  I took quite a few photos as I walked round.  
I used some of these photos for the design of this bag.  
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/190856763/hand-crafted-ooak-paper-mache-purse-goth?ref=listing-shop-header-0 

Altering the pictures I gave them an eerie feel, and a macabre quote intensified this.  FROM THIS SLUMBER THOU SHALT WAKE  The top of the bag with its ruffles and frills evokes an image of the bustles and picture hats of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.  
I love this bag even though it felt as though it was fighting me each step of its creation.

And all manner of unseen things shall walk among us

An early morning walk in a graveyard with my camera was the opportunity to get some photos to alter. My friends and I spent a lot of time in this graveyard as children.  As long as we were respectful we were allowed to play there.  This was useful because the best conkers could be found in the school next door and over the churchyard wall was the quickest way to get there. 

Until recently visiting the graveyard was upsetting because it had been neglected and owergrown,  in some cases shrubs and small trees were growing out of the graves.  So it was nice to discover that a lot of work clearing and restoring the graveyard has been undertaken. 

With a little bit of alteration these pictures are beginning to have a very ghostly feel to them. 

I am sure that with a few more tweaks things that are usually unseen might be glimpsed