This truly unique edition of highly crafted shoulder bags are cut from the fine canvas cloth of an actual genuine Shane Bradford painting. The large works on canvas , part of Bradford’s Urban Totem Barrier series, were constructed by using the ubiquitous plastic road traffic barriers, purloined from the street and dragged to the studio, to ‘print’ their corresponding patterns. This initial dialogue not only results in wonderfully expressive imagery but also speaks of the deeper relationship we can have with our chosen accessories.

The ergonomic interactions we have with our bags, the reaching-in, the weighing-down, the bodily strapping, the grabbed handles etc. amount to an extension of our natural selves. A good bag blends with its wearer, it serves its intimate and practical function whilst advertising its master’s superior taste and savoir faire. A bag is a buddy, a mule, and on occasion the only thing that stands between you and other human beings in close proximity. Yes, it’s a protective barrier, but one to be breached, one to be shown off, and one to collect.

Last updated: 10/09/24

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