on my journey to find pre-loved fabrics with an australian story, to create bags with a story that will then continue with the buyer
handmade in sydney is the claim on these shoes. so there are pockets of resistance that can find decent manufacturing facilities here!!i think the claim that i is clearly 'no sweatshops' because they are made in sydney can be disputed. i do believe that gideon uses decent manufacturing, but sweatshops sadly also exist in sydney/australia.if you are into cane toad and kangaroo leather these shoes might just be the thing for you.http://www.habitusliving.com/move/gideon-shoes
interesting read. i remember at university you always had to put a quote on any 'smart' ideas you had in a paper - there was no way it could have been your own thinking. but is every idea out there based on something that already existed? is it not possible to think something completely new? http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/02/25/similarities/
ok, after having gone through a multitude of nail colors to keep me motivated, i finally started to face my bag disaster this morning! although there is a lot of stuff that went wrong in the making...
crafted from re-used australian materials, songlines' products inspire you to explore their past and create their future ... bags with a story. the start of the journey.
the name 'songlines' was inspired by the dreaming tracks of indigenous australians, which are invisible paths across the land (or, sometimes the sky) which mark the route followed by a localized 'creator-spirit' during the dreaming. The paths of the songlines are recorded in traditional songs, stories, dance, and painting ... I want my bags to pass on similar stories :-)
ariane fricke - aspiring bag maker - manly, australia
info@bagswithastory.com
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