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Girdle bag and Inrō (seal basket) with Netsuke (toggle) and Ojime (cord fastener)
Bags: Inside Out
(July - January 2022)
Bags: Inside Out is the UK's most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory. With an exclusive look inside the world of the factory and atelier, this exhibition explores our longstanding fascination with the bag, from designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks.
Bags project bold statements to the outside world whilst concealing our most treasured belongings. Featuring around 300 objects, varying in scale from tiny purses held on a fingertip to luxurious travel trunks, the exhibition explores the function, status and craftsmanship of these highly covetable objects from the 16th century to today.
The first section of the exhibition examines bags as practical objects designed to hold our belongings – from holiday outfits to confidential documents, make-up to money and even gas masks.
Titled Status and Identity, the second of the exhibition sections looks at the central role of the bag in celebrity culture as well as its notoriety amongst the political and societal elite.
The use of bags as a blank canvas for slogans, personal statements and political messages and their role as a public platform to share beliefs and convictions is represented through objects including an anti-slavery reticule bag from 1825, the 'I am NOT a Plastic Bag' tote by Anya Hindmarch and a 'My Body My Business' handbag by artist and activist Michele Pred.
The final section of the show will look at the Design and Making process from sketch to sample, sewing to selling. A 'maker's table' will allow visitors to get up close with bag making processes and materials, alongside newly commissioned interviews with designers and makers.
A hotbed for collaboration, the bag offers an opportunity for experimentation and statement designs. A 17th-century purse in the shape of a frog, Thom Browne's handbag in the form of his dog Hector and a Chanel bag transformed into a milk carton will explore the surrealism and humour evoked through accessories.
The exhibition finishes with designers experimenting with innovative and environmentally sustainable materials.
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Taken in the V&A
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21 Inch R10 Signature Series Wheels. Matte Gunmetal Centers. Gloss Gunmetal Lips. Chrome Fasteners. Gloss Black Inner Barrels. 21x10.5/ 21x12.5
These happen to be Velcro brand, but I guess and hook-and-loop fasteners will work. Adhesive backing holds the fasteners in place.
The transom is framed in port orford cedar, but, in contrast to the rest of the boat, is fastened with iron nails and bolts. It is possible the entire transom, or at the very least, parts of it, were rebuilt and/or refastened at some point in the boat's long life.
Damage was confined to a relatively small area right at the turn of the bilge at the transom on each side of the boat. Interestingly, the framing here was vulnerable due to exposed end grain (end grains wicks in water and rot spores, so it is avoided whenever possible).
It is possible the fasteners are wrought iron (which is no longer available), given the long striations in the metal, seen here. Nonetheless, the fasteners were in bad shape, and the framing was splintered and iron-sick.
RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by the Schertzer Brothers Boat and Machine Company, then located on the north end of Lake Union at the foot of Stone Way in Seattle. She is 47 feet long with a beam of just over 11 feet and a draft of approximately four feet, planked in port orford cedar riveted to white oak frames over a douglas fir backbone. She is powered by a 1967 Volvo MD-70A diesel engine and otherwise is essentially unmodified from the 1930's.
The first stage of her restoration began April 8th, 2015 when she was lifted out of the water at Port Townsend WA for hull and engine work by the Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-Op.