Original Artwork. TITLE: Tropical Mist in Acrylic Color: Light Purple or Bluish, clear acrylic with Rhinestones Design: Hinged Door with metal latch, and rope handle THEME: water flowers, lily pads, plants frogs and Rhinestones ABOUT THE ARTIST: Joyce Francis is a Manhattan artist who hand carves Lucite using twenty five different sized dentist drills in a medium referred to as “cold carving”. Each box is a one of a kind piece of art . There are generally no embedded objects in any of her work . However she has produced a few pieces that makes use of occasional rhinestones embedded for effect. She hand dyes her purses. Joyce's purses are part of the permanent collections of: The New York Metropolitan Museum, Costume Institute New York, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The Fashion Institute of Technology museum, New York, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland. Her work was featured in top fashion retail stores, galleries, international publications and television, and worn on the arms of celebrities including Hillary Swank, Phoebe Cates Kline, Evelyn Lauder, Emma Thompson, Cicely Tyson and Meryl Streep. Her lamps and boxes are owned by Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Steve Martin and Tom Hanks. The item is being offered for sale by The Women's Venture Fund of NYC. (http://www.wvf-ny.org) The WVF is a 501(c)3 organization who is chartered to assist women to start and grow their own new or existing businesses. 100% of your purchase minus the Bonanza commission and shipping, goes to the WVF who makes low interest business loans to women, and provides training, mentoring, coaching and networking opportunities to women owned businesses. The WVF is an SBA and United Way organization. They derive their funding from the United Way, Government Grants, and private grants from businesses and individuals as well as fund raising events such as: A gala, awards breakfast, and by offering donated items for sale through web sources
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