Tote bag inspired by papel picado. Leather details: internal cell phone pocket, removable handle and shoulder strap, snap fastener.
MEASUREMENTS: 12.6" W x 9.6" H x 5.1" D
The leather used in this collection are treated with 100% vegetable materials. This means that different natural products are used in its tanning process instead of using chemicals that are harmful to the environment. These natural products are usually branches of trees and plants, such as chestnut and tara, sticks, roots and nuts, which are ground into powder and used to tan leather.
The anilines used to color your bag, like the waxes that create the two-tone effect, are of vegetable origin.
For this reason, any irregularity that is noticed in the skin is the effect of the natural process. As a suggestion, do not expose your bag to the sun for a long time since some oxidation in the color could be noticed, just as it happens with the fruit.
THE STORY
Punched or perforated tissue paper originated in the ancient Chinese culture and was later crafted in Europe as pecked paper.
In México, during the times of the grand haciendas, imported goods could be purchased at the local shops, where Chinese paper products were very popular. Craftsmen in Huixcolotla, Puebla, began producing their own version of these goods, applying their skills and creativity to this new craft: Papel Picado.
In the native Mexican culture, the gods of water, rain, and the underworld were traditionally depicted on their altars through gures painted on bark paper (amate).
Later, these gures were replaced by sheets of punched tissue paper representing the departed on the Day of the Dead.
Punched tissue paper has become a very popular craft that is very typical of our culture and is now known around the world.
