Alexander Steig
Two Bags
My natural leather bags (by BREE) have seen many uses. The satchel first accompanied me through my school years; later, the by-then strapless satchel carried my dogi to Shotokan training. The Japanese characters 空手道 (karate-do, “the way of the empty hand”) are my graphic record of that period. During my art studies in Hannover, painting supplies found their way into this indestructible companion. At the University of Hildesheim, by contrast, I stowed ring binders, copies and pens in the more elegant, minimalist “flap bag.” The artist Daniel Schürer adorned it with an artistic graphic, so that both objects were marked by hand. Besides the uniqueness of their lifelong traces of use, they are thus united by their artistic treatment.
