Reticule (noun) - a woman's small handbag, typically having a drawstring and decorated with embroidery or beading.The first handbags were called reticules. These historic handbags are re-imagined as sculptural forms, intertwining hard and soft materials, challenging ideas of function, containment, memory and adornment.

ARTIST: Nicole de Mestre

MEASUREMENTS: 29h x 70w x 4d cm

MATERIALS: Recycled and found materials-metal guttering, carpet, coins, wire, flax, bullets, washers, bones, rope, raffia, cotton, rivets, feathers