I painted the walrus while working on stationery for a dear friend early on in 2020, and it represents a lot. It was inspired by a stuffed walrus that my son fell in love with from the Coney Island Aquarium a few years ago. That stuffed walrus is named Walby and has come to represent everything I love about childhood. He is kind. He is loving. He is accepting. He is inclusive. He speaks with a jovial voice. He is not defined by the confines of adult expectations. He is sometimes a she. He just is. I revisited the walrus in the fall of 2020 after three seasons of a pandemic, through the renewed and continual fight for anti-racism, through the horror that children are still separated from their parents at the border, through worries over women's rights, through the frustration of having to explain to my young children that our president lacks empathy and throws fuel on the fire of racism and hate. Through feeling helpless in these fights. My sons and I talk about how to be anti-racist, about what inclusion means and about supporting and including others and celebrating our differences. We celebrate love and rainbows and flowers. We honor Walby. And this bag - This Bag - represents those conversations. The hope. The love. The joy. The sense of belonging. The togetherness. The call to activism. We are all together, and this bag is my anthem.
Dimensions: 15”W x 15”H x 5”D
Material: 10 oz. Brushed Finish Canvas
What else do you need to know? This canvas bag model is the same as the famous New Yorker bag - except softer. I've been using my New Yorker bag for years because I love everything about the shape and size, and I finally wanted one that had my own design on it. Enter The Walby.
Image is only on one side.
The best part: A portion of profits will be donated both to the NAACP and to the ACLU. The NAACP's mission is to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure health and well-being for all persons. The ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Dimensions: 15”W x 15”H x 5”D
Material: 10 oz. Brushed Finish Canvas
What else do you need to know? This canvas bag model is the same as the famous New Yorker bag - except softer. I've been using my New Yorker bag for years because I love everything about the shape and size, and I finally wanted one that had my own design on it. Enter The Walby.
Image is only on one side.
The best part: A portion of profits will be donated both to the NAACP and to the ACLU. The NAACP's mission is to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure health and well-being for all persons. The ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.