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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLet's talk about Handbags!
These days, lovers of a rustic aesthetic can choose from all sorts of personal accessories made of woodthere are wooden iPhone cases, wooden eyeglasses frames and even wooden engagement rings. But a wooden purse? The idea sounds clunky at best, summoning images of a glorified briefcase or perhaps the enigmatic Log Lady from Twin Peaks.
The Tel Aviv design studio Tesler + Mendelovitch has managed to pull it off, however, with a line of "wood skin" clutches that are remarkably elegant and eminently functional, thanks to a set of diagonally-oriented crosshatches that allow the wood veneer to arch and fold like a textile.
The transformation from raw lumber to limber handbags did not come easy. It took the designers, Orli Tesler and Itamar Mendelovitch, years before finding a form that felt right. "It took such a long time to get the simple shape," Tesler says. "In the beginning, we interfered terribly with the wood." She had her partner experimented with weaving it, sanding it and breaking it up into small fibers. "Nothing seemed to showcase the wood in a new way."
The Tel Aviv design studio Tesler + Mendelovitch has managed to pull it off, however, with a line of "wood skin" clutches that are remarkably elegant and eminently functional, thanks to a set of diagonally-oriented crosshatches that allow the wood veneer to arch and fold like a textile.
The transformation from raw lumber to limber handbags did not come easy. It took the designers, Orli Tesler and Itamar Mendelovitch, years before finding a form that felt right. "It took such a long time to get the simple shape," Tesler says. "In the beginning, we interfered terribly with the wood." She had her partner experimented with weaving it, sanding it and breaking it up into small fibers. "Nothing seemed to showcase the wood in a new way."
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Let's talk about Handbags! (Original Post)
Agschmid
Oct 2013
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alphafemale
(18,497 posts)1. That is incredibly beautiful.
And I don't know why I clicked the link.
I am not into handbags at all.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)2. Me either...
Love the design aspect of the article. It's a good blog for that!
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)3. I'm still not quite sure how it's done
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)4. Me either it has to do with some combination of textile and wood...
The textile gives it the movement but I'd love to see a how it's made video.