It's an axe. It's a tree. It definitely is not Superman.

Below is a recent piece produced by Phil.  

It is watercolor and ink on paper.  

Enjoy.

Birds Can Fly. These Bags Can't.

Yes, birds are everywhere nowadays. Yes, we are contributing to the ubiquity of birds. Yes, we still like birds even if they seem trite.
With that out of the way I would like to say that the red bag was made with our dear friend Mr. William Lane in mind, and coincidentally he now uses this bag. This bag features felt applique birds perched on embroidered wires, black interior with pocket, and white embroidered maria+bea signature.
The brown bag has white felt applique birds perched on embroidered wires, sage interior with pocket, and brown embroidered maria+bea signature. This bag was made with no one in mind, we hope it doesn't follow that no one makes use of this bag.
This post will most likely be our last bag related post for a while. We are concentrating on some new projects/endeavors that we will post as soon as they are worthy of posting.
Ta-ta for now.

I am resisting the temptation to post more textile goodies tonight.  Don't worry folks you will not be disappointed.  I can say, with maybe just a little biased, that I am super excited about tonight's post.  

Here are a few snapshots of a work in progress from the maria+bea camp.  It is not a collaborative project, but rather a painting Amanda has been toiling away on.  I will keep you all up to date as this work progresses.  

Also, keep an eye out for more new bags and such.

p.s. this painting is about as tall as I am.