Cod Crossbody Bag.
A Life that Follows
The Cod Crossbody began with the fish itself... its shape, its scale, its proportion. The initial form was drawn directly from the natural dimensions of the cod, then resolved through simple pattern making into a functional, everyday bag.
Construction is straightforward and considered. Panels of cod skin are sewn together with plant-based thread, lined with 100% linen. Materials chosen not just for their quality, but for what happens to them at the end.
Strong.
Practical.
Sustainable.
Every component is considered: no synthetic linings or thread, nothing that cannot be removed and returned.
Once it starts to return to it’s origins… the fastenings can be removed and the fish skin given back to the sea. Left to decompose and release its remaining organic nutrients back into the ecosystem that produced it.