Simple as it may seem, it is the interplay of direction and material color that allow these bags to stand out.
The simplest brick patterns, creating two of the cleanest sets of stitches front to back. An exercise that relied on material to bring out the potential in straightforward layouts.
It may come as a surprise to those who have not taken a construction science course, but the brick, depending on its orientation, takes on a different name as that lets other brick layers or workers know the course they will follow. There are 6 Varietal Names per brick, for each of the ways it can be laid (Shiner, Stretcher, Soldier, Sailor, Header, and Rowlock) and these bags show two ways that manifests, as a Stretcher (Thin Horizontal Orientation) and a Soldier (Thin Vertical Orientation). This pair of bags had an intentionality that trumped previous iterations, because the laying pattern is so direct, being variations of the basic configuration of your average wall. What takes these out of the realm of boredom are the textural and color differences across the selected patches, showing the pattern, especially along the runners of the interior.
The process can be (and often is) just as fun to witness as the finished product, with the undercarriage being a coordinated and tightly sewn piece of work.
I have tried to capture points in the construction of the pieces that show the level of care I place even in the longer pieces of the bags. What I find fascinating is that taking the pieces from the fabric sample books, they retain a bit of rigidity if there is leftover adhered paper on them, creating a very fun waving pattern on certain pieces when they’ve been brought together along the folds. It gets concealed when the piece gets flipped inside out, but the pictures remain to show the simultaneous tedium and silent orchestration that goes into making even the simplest of patterns work. The thread is the mortar, turning the (Fa)Bricks into walls of their own, capable of holding back or holding in whatever they need to.