Heirloom Camera Straps
As a believer in heirloom textiles, these handwoven straps are meant to bear narrative weight as an expressive addition to an heirloom film camera.
When film cameras are passed down from generations, every new user adds its own scuff marks, finger prints, and story to the camera’s legacy. Some may believe that their loved ones are remembered by the stories their grandchildren capture using their old cameras. As a believer in heirloom textiles, these handwoven straps are meant to bear narrative weight as an expressive addition to an heirloom film camera. The fabric attaches to reclaimed leather, nodding to a traditional strap style from the generations before today. Where a camera’s design is not unique from owner to owner, the photographer can express their style and personality through color, pattern and materiality in a hand-woven strap. In the same way that a film camera with its own quirky marks, sounds, and history, a reliable, hand-woven strap interlaced with experiential materials, sensational colors and subtle patterns will pocket legacies and stories for generations to come.
