Bags: The Craft Of The Carrying Companion

Bags are highly personal and functional companions that contain some of our most precious and necessary possessions. Today the handbag is one of the most celebrated products of branded design and retail.

This exhibition presents the diversity of approaches contemporary craftspeople have taken to bags and accessory cases – objects where design, skilled manufacture and aesthetics meet.

On show will be Sarah Williams’, beautifully made cases with cleverly designed organising compartments, and Jo Cope's conceptual carriers that explore the notion of the bag as an extension of the self, including her 'Clearly A Bag' installation piece.

Also featured are Lisa Farmer’s stylised leather 'containers' inspired by living creatures, and examples of the new explosion of carry cases for our mobile accessories like phones and tablets will also be on show.