Landfall Leatherworks / Textile / Stowaway Zip Pouch

• Dimensions: 10” W x 8” H

• Wipe down or scrub to clean

• Materials: leather, used sailcloth

• Hangtag is from an original drawing by sailor and designer Emma Casey

No two bags are alike! Your bag will match the one featured in size and style, but the stitch patterns and trimmings of the sail will vary. Worn sections, stains, rips and chafe points are a natural part of saving these sail cloths from the landfill. A young sailor, designer Emma, celebrates these imperfections in her lightweight, water resistant sail cloth bags.

In her Landfall Leatherworks line of water resistant sail cloth bags, the cloth itself plays a large role for designer Emma Casey. Each sail is distinct with different features and hardware that are sort of begging to be showcased: grommets, hanks, zig zag stitch patterns, porthole windows, tell tales, bolt rope edges. When I roll out an old sail, I am constantly making aesthetic decisions about which part of the sail to feature on which bag style. No two bags are alike, and each tells the story of its former life at sea in the scars and wrinkles of the sailcloth.
 

Learn more about Landfall Leatherworks in our Conversations with an Artist series.