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INTERVIEW // MARTHA STEWART LIVING BLOG
Check out a recent interview about us here on the Martha Stewart Living Blog // Maker of the Week.
WAXED CANVAS TOTE BAG
Our new light and packable Waxed Canvas Tote Bag. There are a lot of totebags out there and more and more waxed canvas these days, but nothing that quite suited our needs. This is an oversized bag but not over weight. It’s big enough for all your groceries, a few cases of bottles, a beach picnic, your sweater and jacket or a small load of laundry.
It features a milled aluminum stud at the top to keep the shoulder straps together, avoiding that awkward side that is always sliding off the shoulder. Leather reinforcement on the inside also provides a convenient place to clip your keys or EDC.
Available by email request in limited quantities. $90. Give us a shout, studio@etwasbags.com
Canvas dimensions: 25″ wide x 19″ high x 8″ deep bottom.
etwas tumblr
Just wanted to let everyone know that we’ve started an etwas tumblr, its mostly for posting images of the workshop to share some of our process.
new tool bins
Device Sleeve
We’ve had many requestes for sleeves holders for various devices; phones, laptops, tablets, but we’re not so much for making specialty products for branded gadgets that are subject to passing trends.
We’ve come up with a solution however. We’ve begun making a device sleeve that can be sized to fit any roughly rectangular device, a tablet, ipad, macbook air, iphone, kindle, what have you. It’s as simple as it comes, and executed in fine locally vegetable tanned leather. These come in a natural color and will age and burnish beautifully with time. Studio@etwasbags.com for inquiries.
studio visit
The folks at GO stopped in a few weeks ago and put together this little video, shows some of our process.
leavings
There is much useful information to glean from the leavings of hand work.
In hand woodworking the chips and shavings lifted by planes and chisels convey not only the type, size and shape of the tool, but also it’s condition- whether or not it bears a keen edge. We can also see something of the motion of the craftsman, whether they are using strong, sustained movement or short chipping movement.
The same is true in leather-work, we see the same in the leavings of our skivers and edgers. What is left behind should be beautiful and graceful, the sign of a confident and competent hand.
I think this kind of language in the leavings it an important thing to consider in broader life as well, you can tell a great deal about people and organizations from the forms of their excess, what is left as a result of their functioning.
Bag Collection
New bags will be added to the collection soon!
Check back for the latest news.
At PROJECT WINTER 2011
Etwas will be showing at the Winter 2011 Project trade show in New York. Please join us.
The show runs from Jan 16-18th.
82 Mercer Street,
New York, NY 10013






