CLASSY AND MINIMALIST PASSPORT POUCH.

PASSPORT POUCH . . . . .

This was made for a very close friend. Extremely well traveled and a man of sophistication, simplicity and yet of rich elegance.

Given that it would be possessed by someone who would travel quite a lot, I struck upon the idea of making a medium sized pouch which would not take too much space and could occupy a place of pride over time.  It would have to be a pouch that would be useful and take some rough rides and handling into its stride. Yet complement the person for whom it was intended.  

The concept therefore was to make something that would be easy to look at, have minimum details, be of classic colours which would mainly tend to dark (because of the travelling expected).

Here I used a thick deepish blue medium – stiff leather. The pouch itself was made broad enough to contain three passports at the outset (a regular travelling man gathers at least that many!).  The closer flap was also designed to be deep enough to secure the books in a normal rough and tumble.

The strap used for closing is a thick veg tan leather in natural shade (my favourite).  This is a very elegant relief to the deep blue background.  The other thought is that while the dark leather will absorb the strains and experiences of travel, the veg tan will do the opposite. It will reflect them. And perhaps, tell a story !

Design-wise, the whole set up was beginning to look too neat and well….. well – behaved.  So, I chose a part of the hide where there were some wrinkles for the veg-tan strip.  This was to add a slight element of say… rebellion? A little bit away from the neatness of it all !

That was a deeply satisfying experience. The whole of it.