Bamboo Square Basket Bag (Greige) - sold out

Bamboo basket totes with leather handles are one of the most unique and elegant items we have found that are created by hand combining the traditional and contemporary techniques and ideas. Bamboo is one of the most characteristic plants of Japan and high quality Madake - a type of bamboo these bags are created with - are grown predominantly in Beppu City of Oita prefecture in Kyushu, where the bamboo craft artist Tamotsu Nishimoto is based. Bamboo is very strong (unlike rattan although they look similar) and and it ages beautifully, if treated well these bamboo totes that are created using techniques of the Beppu Bamboo Ware - a governmentally designated traditional craft of Oita- can be enjoyed for a life-time. 

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• These basket totes are compact and convenient size to carry everyday necessities in a square shape body. 
• The basket is made with madake bamboo from Oita prefecture with natural finish without any coating or painting.
• The surface although left uncoated it has toughness that resembles that of enamel or glass and water or dirt can be easily wiped off. (If left wet for a while the colour of bamboo may get darker but it will be back to what it was before after it dries.)
• Handles are made of natural leather. This listing is for the greige color handles, lime green is also available. 
• After 10 to 20 years bamboo will age beautifully and will be a lovely and shiny caramel brown colour so you can enjoy the changes over time. 
  
  
• Measurements (Approximately): 36cm (W) x 13cm (D) x 15cm (H) / 14"(W) x 5" (D) x 5.9" (H), Handle is 14mm/0.55" wide and 37cm/14.6" long.
• Materials: Bamboo, cow leather, cork (used on the bottom in the inside).
• Handcrafted in Oita, Japan

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tamotsu Nishimoto produces beautiful bamboo wares -bags and baskets for everyday use- in Beppu, Oita prefecture. Originally from Chiba a neighbor prefecture of Tokyo, after working for an electronic manufacturing company Tamotsu moved to Beppu to be trained for bamboo ware making and became a bamboo craft artist and started his own brand Tamotsu Seisakujo Bamboo Works in 2010. His signature items are the bamboo basket totes with leather handles, which are unique amongst many other bamboo baskets created all over Japan. People order his bags at his exhibitions and events all over Japan even though the wait can be 6 months or sometimes more.

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