Sister Loureiro It is the clear example of how to resurface before adversity. In the Pandemic of 2020, this artist worked in a gym. The establishment was forced to close confinement and this artist used his knowledge to undertake. He did it painting tote bagsfabric bags that customized according to the orders of its customers. Today, continue with the company: Irbags.
“I have always painted but I did it more professionally in 2016which was when I became autonomous and I began to move more making exhibitions with my paintings. When the pandemic was, the occupation I had at that time, which was a gym, had to close and I was thinking what I could do to take advantage of the hours I had free because living of nothing is very complicated. As I was used to doing paintings And at that time the Tote Bags began to take a lot, in the end the idea of starting to paint fabric bags, “Loureiro recalls, which jokes saying that” in the pandemic there were people who made bread and I made bags. “
Bags with the portrait of your pets
The Pontevedra continues to work in full performance with this initiative today and customizes each of its orders based on the tastes of its customers. “I adapt to what they ask me. My clients send me a photo and I paint what they want in the bag,” he explains.
“In the pandemic there were people who made bread and I made bags”
The most common, he emphasizes, “is that they commission me bags with the portrait of their petsboth dogs and cats, although there are also those who ask me landscapes, flowers or some mandala“.
Among his most common customers, there is also the option “that they simply tell me that they want me to do a bag that reminds them of them.” “This usually happens when I know the person in question a lot and tells me that he wants him to do a tote bag thinking about them. There I have to look for the inspiration and throw more than creativity“says Loureiro.
Preparation time and prices
The elaboration time of each of these fabric bags can reach the 20 hoursin the case of the most complex portraits.
Prices range between 20 euros and 50
“It depends on what you have to paint. If they are simpler things like flores Or mandalas I can finish it in two afternoons, that is, in about five hours; But if they already ask me for the portrait of a pet or something that is more elaborate, the working time can ascend at 20 hours, “confirms the artist.
As for pricesthese may vary From 20 euros to 50. “It depends on whether my customers ask me for something simpler, which starts from 20 euros, or if you want a pet, which are 30 euros. In the case of an image that has more than one portrait, for example, two puppies or a kitten of kittens, the bags can reach 50 euros, because it is much more time of elaboration.”
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