Artist Profile: Patrick James

Patrick James bags are all 100% handmade from New Zealand cowhide. They are cut, carved, dyed, stitched and finished by hand. Their undeniably modern design covertly hints at a softer ‘70s aesthetic – something slightly antiqued, worn, temporarily forgotten but lovingly restored. Modern shapes evoke old western details – a holster, a saddle, the trigger of a gun. A solid log, just felled, a travelling doctor’s medicine bag, an eccentric scholar’s satchel.
The carved designs are based on New Zealand’s native bush and Maori designs.