Inspired by Fujiwara-no Yoshitaka's Haiku poems, Inochi Sae is a bag designed to capture the life of the story between two young siblings.
Sung, the little hand-painted girl with bull horns is portrayed with a star and a moon stitched on her face, symbolizing the presence of her lost brother, remaining closure. Her image juxtaposes with the use of the different materials and textures surrounding her in the bag, providing a sense of playground delicacy, a safe space for Sung to coexist in her own world.
Using recycled floor mats, pillow cases, scarves, and Shemag fabric, Inochi Sae is made out of 100% recycled materials.
Front pannel made of recycled floor mat alongside hand-painted Inochi Sae girl
Back pannel made of recycled pillow cases
Hand-painted image of Inochi Sae bag along her hand-stitched star
Shemag lining
Shemag outter base-side layer
Hand-stitched 'Miura' logo
Recycled scarf used as the bag's strap
Product scenario
Before I came to know you, love,
Little my life was worth to me.
I prize it now all things above,
And wish long in this world to be.
-Fujiwara-no Yoshitaka
Process
Inochi Sae designs with bull horns
Inochi Sae designs with bull horns
Drawing Inochi Sae
Hand-painting Inochi Sae using black ink
Cutting star to hand-stitch into Inochi Sae
Rounding the edges of the bag
Sewing bag together
Cutting & collaging of pillowcases
Sewing collage of pillowcases together
Trimming excess fabric
Cutting logo
Hand-stitching logo into bag
Front & back pieces completed
Cutting Shemagh lining for bag
Sewing Shemagh lining
Sewing side base of bag
Adding more construction to bag
Side base of the bag sewn into front piece
Top stitching all seams
Testing capacity of bag
First fitting
Fitting on model
