"Skin Contact" Classic Cotton Tote Bag

Brick red and golden tan meet against pale cream, with dark brown linework giving the Skin Contact artwork its engraved, printed-page character. On the Classic Cotton Tote Bag, two apples touch beneath a tall arch of serif capitals reading SKIN CONTACT. The arch is not merely a caption: its outer letters descend at each side of the fruit, making a frame that remains open below. Pale cream fills the lettering, while brown outlines and dotted inset marks keep every narrow letter distinct.

• The left apple combines brick red and cream, scattered with pale speckles and closely packed curved hatching that follows its rounded surface.
• Golden tan and cream define the second apple, whose deeper brown edge shading gathers along the lower and right side; both fruits have recessed tops and bare curved stems.
• A long peel curls behind the pair before crossing underneath, alternating red skin with cream inner faces. Stippling and short engraved-looking strokes continue across the peel and fruit.

Open pockets beneath the lettering and within the peel’s loops prevent the drawn elements from becoming a solid mass. The phrase Skin Contact gains a literal reading here, with the apples meeting at their sides while the surrounding type and peel make a loose, hand-drawn enclosure.