Left to Right: nineteen-forty, nineteen-seventy, eighteen-twenty, with a handcrafted leather bag with a nineteen-twenty design.
Left to Right: eighteen-twenty, twenty-twenty, and bags over time.
Left to Right: nineteen-forty, bags x-rayed, and nineteen-twenty.
The fabrics are digitally printed onto synthetic material, allowing for a wide scope of uses.
Bachelor of Design with Honours
As a textile collection of surface pattern fabrics, ‘What’s Inside?’ was created to visually communicate our interaction with the handbag and how this relationship has evolved over the years.
Each fabric demonstrates a snapshot in time by showing images of what might typically be found inside the everyday handbag. Ranging from the dainty handkerchief carrier of the 1820s to the humble tote bag of the 2020s, the fabrics act as a visual diary of past and present society.
Each fabric demonstrates a snapshot in time by showing images of what might typically be found inside the everyday handbag. Ranging from the dainty handkerchief carrier of the 1820s to the humble tote bag of the 2020s, the fabrics act as a visual diary of past and present society.