Aus Made Recycled Leather Luggage Tag, Meeting Place – Thomas Avery Collaboration
a place of gathering for tribes.
Lines indicate direction of significant features such as waterholes and sacred sites.
Designed in collaboration with Indigenous Artist Thomas Avery. Thomas ‘Bagaay’ Avery is a descendant of the Gamilaroi tribe in northern NSW. His personal totem is the blue tongue lizard. Thomas’s ancestors were born at Bohena Creek Aboriginal Reserve, Narrabri. Thomas is a painter, designer and filmmaker using his unique insights to communicate his culture.
The luggage tag is made from quality recycled leather and includes an address card made from water-resistant cardboard that is 100% recyclable.
The recycled leather is made from combining 60% genuine leather fibres from the European shoe and handbag industry, 20% natural latex, 10% natural fat, 10% misc/raw material with tanning agents and water.