NEW HORSE & ANCHOR BAGS

  

big tote

strap and pocket detail, hand riveted

red stripe interior, 2 pockets

bottom of bags copper rivet and hand cut leather washers

large tote

interior lined with unused vintage shop rags

large tote

exterior pocket detail

interior lined with vintage red stripe ticking cloth

large tote

detail

interior pocket is vintage feed bag

patchwork pocket

laptop/bookbag based on a leather one that i use

leather closure detail

3 interior pockets

interior pocket with pen holders

a few new totes and a laptop/bookbag. available at my etsy store.

JUNK STORES

 One of my earliest and fondest memories is going to a junk store with my mom. Love at first sight. The musty smell, the ancient dust, and all the junk. I fucking love a junk store. Now, a junk store is different than a thrift store in that it has no rhyme or reason in it's organization. A thrift store has it's home-ware section, it's clothing section, it's bric a brac section. But the glory of a junk store is that all these sections are one. You really have to hunt, and really have to want something bad enough to dig for it. Old clothes are buried under a pile of wooden crates in that corner, bottles from the 1800's are stacked on a 1920's shop table in that corner. Seaman trunks? right over there. Metal, finger-biting fans? stack of 'em upstairs. Got 30 pounds of lace? As a matter of fact son, I do. Upstairs, second room to the right. 5 bucks a pound. (true story) It's a chaotic jumble and balenced ballet all in one. I love a junk store more than just about anything. A good one is like winning a lottery that nobody gives a shit about. Most of these photos are from my fav-o-rite one in new england. Enjoy!

DEEP SEA DIVER, OBSESSION # 1

I am absolutely obsessed by deep sea divers, have been for ages. When i was a kid and read Jules Vern's 20,000 leagues under the sea, the artwork of the divers really got to me. Half spacesuit, half golem/frankenstein  monster thing. Scary and cool as hell! Lumbering and lurching around the sea floor, searching for treasure and fighting giant octopi. Awesome! Other popular divers are, the ghostly deep sea diver from the Scooby Doo cartoon and movie, the bioshock games for the 360 game system, the diver dan show from the 60's, G.I. Joe toy from the 60's. All cool.
    I want a helmet so badly. When Mrs.H&A and i were in Korea a few years ago we found a shop in Itaewon that was selling vintage helmets for around U.S. $500. Inexpensive overall but to steep for that trip. Someday I'll have one. I've started making diver dolls out of vintage canvas. Hopefully some little kid gets one and finds it as inspiring as i found Mr. Vern's book when i was young.

Giant diver in Nantes, Jules Vern's hometown. Built by mechanical marionette street theater company Royale de Luxein 2009. cool.

The french scaphandrier or deep sea diver

Russian diver boots

not sure if it's for diving, but it's still rad

Korea

also korea

Korea, these old ones with the green patina were awsome!

Diver doll i made from recycled canvas

Diver with peacoat anchor button for belt buckle

Hand painted

Divers! you can get 'em at my etsy store