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Handbags Collection
100% Handmade with natural elements from plants (fibers)
Paja toquilla plant o Carludovica palmata plant, indigenous to the coast regions of Ecuador. Is the plant from which hats and handbags are woven. Their history can be traced as far back as the Incas who were the first to weave hats and bags from the fibrous plants, such hats were the first observed in the 16th century.
Torota Plant
Totora is a subspecies of the giant bulrush sedge. It is found in South America, notably on Lake Titicaca, Also, can be found on the edges of lakes on Ecuador. This plants are being use by everal communities to create This bulrush has been used by many cultures as medicine, food, forage, material for building houses, boats and different handicrafts.
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These bags are hand-woven, whose fiber comes from the Agave plant, that is in the paramos or of the high regions of Ecuador, formally the indigenous people of the region used this bag or "shire" to store the crops, and transport their purchases. The elaboration take's time. First cut the nature leaves of the plant, then they are left to soak and free fiver. Once this is achieved, the fibers are dyed in natural colors and let dry. One dried they proceed to spin and thus begins the production of each bag.
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