New from Cathy Enos - Handcrafted Belt Buckles
Three of nine buckle designs currently available by Cathy Enos.
Collaborating with Gregg Harper, custom belts are created to your choice of buckle, strap, strap color(s) and fit. See Gregg Harper's artist page for further belt design information...
CATHY ENOS
Textile Arts, Jewelry & Metal-Work
Cathy Enos has lived her entire life on Cape Cod. Her cousin’s research has traced her family roots back to 1621 when the family arrived here from England. She was encouraged to work with fabric and fiber by her older sister Donna who bought her first sewing machine at the age of eight. With much patience Donna taught her to knit, crochet and sew. Cathy, as do many other artists, needed to try other mediums. Cape Cod Regional Technical High School was the perfect school to study pottery, jewelry, glass work and more. She found she had a love for jewelry design and pursued this for many years. While raising her son she was drawn back into sewing by finishing needlepoint handbags. In this type of work the customer provided her with a canvas they have stitched and she created a handbag for them. Each one is custom made for that particular person.
Textile Arts, Jewelry & Metal-Work
Cathy Enos has lived her entire life on Cape Cod. Her cousin’s research has traced her family roots back to 1621 when the family arrived here from England. She was encouraged to work with fabric and fiber by her older sister Donna who bought her first sewing machine at the age of eight. With much patience Donna taught her to knit, crochet and sew. Cathy, as do many other artists, needed to try other mediums. Cape Cod Regional Technical High School was the perfect school to study pottery, jewelry, glass work and more. She found she had a love for jewelry design and pursued this for many years. While raising her son she was drawn back into sewing by finishing needlepoint handbags. In this type of work the customer provided her with a canvas they have stitched and she created a handbag for them. Each one is custom made for that particular person.
She had a vision of designing and creating original tapestry handbags. Her wonderful friend Naomi handed her a box full of the most beautiful Italian tapestries and she couldn’t resist starting on her original designs. She loves collecting the embellishments that are used to create each piece.
Recently she has moved forward with her handbags by learning embroidery digitizing to create her own designs to stitch out on her machine. The designs are first created on her computer and then transferred to the embroidery machine. The fabric and fiber colors for these designs are chosen based on the hand painted Czech glass button and all elements of the piece coordinate with that button. There is a hand pleated pocket made from the lining fabric. The custom made straps are created using cotton fiber.
She has designed and created each handbag containing a signature label inside. At a show she likes to have a range of designs. She has a large collection of beads and vintage buttons to choose from for embellishing each piece.
She is currently a juried member and doing shows with The Society of Cape Cod Craftsmen and the Artisans’ Guild of Cape Cod. Her work can be found at Collections Gallery, Jarves Street, Sandwich and The Black Whale Gallery, Main Street, Hyannis. email: cathysbags@hotmail.net
Recently she has moved forward with her handbags by learning embroidery digitizing to create her own designs to stitch out on her machine. The designs are first created on her computer and then transferred to the embroidery machine. The fabric and fiber colors for these designs are chosen based on the hand painted Czech glass button and all elements of the piece coordinate with that button. There is a hand pleated pocket made from the lining fabric. The custom made straps are created using cotton fiber.
She has designed and created each handbag containing a signature label inside. At a show she likes to have a range of designs. She has a large collection of beads and vintage buttons to choose from for embellishing each piece.
She is currently a juried member and doing shows with The Society of Cape Cod Craftsmen and the Artisans’ Guild of Cape Cod. Her work can be found at Collections Gallery, Jarves Street, Sandwich and The Black Whale Gallery, Main Street, Hyannis. email: cathysbags@hotmail.net
