Jill Strapp makes these wonderful hearts, www.jillstrapp.com
Liz and Tanya love these hearts and the meaning behind them, they have bought them from Jill and will be giving them out at all of Shima Women’s Events. Jill Strapp is the designer of Liz and Tanya’s yoga, and Shima Women’s Retreat wear. Liz and Tanya love “Strapp’s” designs and the meaning behind her design.
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The hearts have been created as a tangible reminder to ourselves of how much love we have inside us and all around us. Share the hearts with friends and in doing so, you send love around the world. They come in a group of seven, one to carry with you and six to give away. My sense is, the more we visually see love, the higher the chance of us feeling it and living within it.
Seven hearts await their travel. Made individually from small bits of fabric, no two are a like.
A small heart is making a big change in the feeling of the world. 50% of all proceeds are donated to the Grand Mothers and Grand Others, a fundraising initiative through the Stephen Lewis foundation in support of Grandmothers in Africa. These Grannies are supporting their many grandchildren who have lost their parents to the AIDS virus.
Jill Strapp is an artist with a long history in design. Her beginnings included fashion studies at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario and later the arts at The Kooteney School of the Arts in Nelson, BC. She became well known for her whimsical wire and clay sculptures that were shown in Hong Kong, China, San Francisco and Las Vegas in the U.S., Vancouver and Nelson, B.C., Winnipeg, Manitoba and London, Ontario in Canada. She has a combined 11 years in the field of fashion including designing, managing, merchandising and production. Strapp’s artistic practice led her in 2008 to focus on an eclectic clothing line labelled “strapp”. Blending a zest for expression with a love for the planet her “World Friendly Works of Wear” are strong in individual character having a sculptural edge and comfortable beyond belief. Strapp lives and has her studio/boutique in Barrie, Ontario.
