It looks like a bag... but can you call it art?

[LatigoAmigo]

I thought I'd try my hand at making a bag that could be hung up on a wall. I took some deerskin rawhide, cowhide, bison and latigo, ran it all through my laser cutter/etcher, hand-stitched the pieces together, and this is what I came up with. Just entered it into a local art show.

 

Edited February 9, 2020 by LatigoAmigo

[Tugadude]

I love it.  But maybe you should form the rawhide to look like a mouth.  Then you can call it Pursed Lips.

[kgg]

Simply gorgeous!!!!

kgg

[MikeRock]

That is an absolutely amazing purse! 

This is really excellent - sets the bar up high! I've not seen one so fine! The side-detail herringbone design is beautiful and unique. Would love to see more pictures of this!

(The display idea is cute, but not worthy of this excellent piece. I envision something like a 1900's on-wall sconce?) Again, WOW!

-Valerie Weihman-Rock (Mike Rock's wife)

[MikeRock]

Look in Vogue magazine to see how much the high-end purses go for. And none of them are anywhere as beautiful as yours. In fact they are not a third as nice. Shoot, you put a one-of-a-kind and ask $10K, you're in the ballpark and there would be "cat fights" over it!

-Valerie Weihman-Rock (Mike Rock's wife)

[BigSiouxSaddlery]

I agree, that bag is something else!  Beautiful job on it, and I'm not all that much of a "bag lady"!

[LatigoAmigo]

21 minutes ago, MikeRock said:

Would love to see more pictures of this!

The are piece is based on this bag that I made last year...

7 minutes ago, BigSiouxSaddlery said:

I'm not all that much of a "bag lady"!

And I try to make bags that work for men. 

[BigSiouxSaddlery]

2 minutes ago, LatigoAmigo said:

The are piece is based on this bag that I made last year...

And I try to make bags that work for men. 

But I am female!!  . I just hate being expected to and having to carry a bag.

[LatigoAmigo]

2 hours ago, BigSiouxSaddlery said:

But I am female!!  . I just hate being expected to and having to carry a bag.

My bags tend to all be big and heavy, and I don't usually include a shoulder strap, so they typically go to the male side.

Edited February 10, 2020 by LatigoAmigo