Death and Texas

Grace was a sculptor and graphic designer before she picked up sewing and designing accessories again recently. Her bags are beautifully made, simple, practical, and thoughtfully designed with careful attention to detail. If you ride a bike or motorcycle, you NEED to get on of the little bags that strap on your belt or handlebars.

by Grace...

Death and Texas may sound like a dire name, but I’ve always found inspiration in the images and aura surrounding this great state. You name it: rodeo costumes, tooled leather, old cowboy boots, equestrian gear, horse tack…I even like the way the landscape photographs, like in old movies where the sunset casts a pink glow over everything and still it all looks so tough. Of course, I’m romanticizing it a bit here, but my love is real.A little about me: I was born in Dallas, TX, and as far back as I remember and most likely before that, I’ve been making things – drawing, painting, taking things apart in my head and building something new with my hands. I studied sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI and then went on to work as a graphic designer and sewer for an Australian custom messenger bag shop in NYC for 2 years. That’s where I started designing bags in my head. A few months ago, I dusted off my sewing machine and started designing and sewing bags for real this time. I couldn’t stop and I started to think about all the things I wished I could find that just weren’t out there. Or things that are typically only made to fit men, but needed a little tweaking to fit a lady, like me! And that’s how the line has come to be about, what I see as, versatile interpretations of the classics.