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SAMPLE REVERSIBLE BLACK PLEATED TOTE BAG

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SAMPLE REVERSIBLE BLACK PLEATED TOTE BAGDESCRIPTION: THIS REVERSIBLE PLEATED TOTE BAG IS MADE FROM 10. 5 OZ COTTON CANVAS AND FEATURES A ONE PIECE PLEATED PATTERN DESIGN, BOX X STITCHED STRAPS AND COTTON BOUND EDGES. THE WHITE SIDE OF THE TOTE ALLOWS THE FOCUS TO BE ON THE FORM OF THE GARMENT WITHOUT THE DISTRACTION OF COLOR. THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOTE DISPLAYS THE HAND PAINTED DYE WORK WHICH UTILIZES A THICK ALGAE DYE PASTE MIXED WITH A TANNIN IRON DYE. THIS PASTE ALLOWS ONE SIDE OF THE

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THIS REVERSIBLE PLEATED TOTE BAG IS MADE FROM 10.5 OZ COTTON CANVAS AND FEATURES A ONE PIECE PLEATED PATTERN DESIGN, BOX X-STITCHED STRAPS AND COTTON BOUND EDGES. THE WHITE SIDE OF THE TOTE ALLOWS THE FOCUS TO BE ON THE FORM OF THE GARMENT WITHOUT THE DISTRACTION OF COLOR. THE “OUTSIDE” OF THE TOTE DISPLAYS THE HAND PAINTED DYE WORK WHICH UTILIZES A THICK ALGAE DYE PASTE MIXED WITH A TANNIN/ IRON DYE. THIS PASTE ALLOWS ONE SIDE OF THE FABRIC TO BE COLORED WHITE WHILE THE OTHER IS LEFT UNDYED. 


SUSTAINABILITY: EACH TOTE IS HAND PAINTED USING AN ALGAE DYE PASTE WHICH CUTS BACK ON  WATER USAGE TO DYE GARMENTS. INSTEAD OF TAKING GALLONS OF WATER TO DYE ONE GARMENT, THIS HAND PAINTING TECHNIQUE DYES 6-10 GARMENTS USING ONLY 2 CUPS OF WATER. THE DYE USED FOR THIS TOTE IS A PLANT-BASED NATURAL DYE MIXED WITH IRON AND TANNINS EXTRACTED FROM CHESTNUT BARK. ADDITIONALLY, EACH TOTE IS FULLY REVERSIBLE WITH WHITE ON ONE SIDE AND BLACK ON THE OTHER WITH DIFFERENT DETAILS ALLOWING FOR ONE BAG TO TAKE THE PLACE OF MULTIPLE. THE WAY THESE TOTES ARE DESIGNED CUTS BACK ON MATERIAL USAGE BY ALMOST HALF BECAUSE EACH TOTE IS REVERSIBLE WHILE ONLY USING A SINGLE LAYER OF FABRIC, ESSENTIALLY MAKING TWO DIFFERENT BAGS OUT OF THE SAME AMOUNT OF FABRIC. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE DYE, THE COLOR IN THIS GARMENT IS MEANT TO FADE OVER TIME, CREATING A MORE INTIMATE AND PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE WEARER. ALL SCRAPS FROM THE CUTTING PROCESS OF THIS GARMENT WILL BE SAVED AND REUSED IN NEW DESIGNS. ALL PAPER SCRAPS USED TO CREATE PATTERNS FOR THIS GARMENT ARE ALSO SAVED TO BE REUSED AS TAGS/ PACKAGING. 


MODEL IS 6’0”, 30” WAIST, 17” ACROSS SHOULDERS.


MODEL IS WEARING THE ONE SIZE. 


FABRIC: 100% COTTON CANVAS 10.5 OZ


BINDING: 100% COTTON

MANUFACTURING: HAVING COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS WHY THE TOTE BAG MUST START WITH UNDYED FABRIC. THESE TOTES ARE CUT AND SEWN IN KENT, OHIO BY A VERY SMALL TEAM OF SKILLED CRAFTS PEOPLE. AFTER THE GARMENT IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED IT IS THEN HAND PAINTED WITH ALGAE PASTE MIXED WITH NATURAL DYES.


DYE PROCESS: HAND PAINTED WITH ALGAE PASTE AND PLANT-BASED DYE, MIXED WITH IRON AND TANNINS EXTRACTED FROM CHESTNUT BARK 

WASHING: HAND WASH ONLY WITH COLD WATER 

DRYING: DRY FLAT DO NOT WRING


LOGOS: ALL LOGOS/ IMAGES ARE PRINTED USING UNTONED POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE AND FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE. THIS ALTERNATIVE PRINTING PROCESS WILL START OUT AS A WASHED OUT BLUE, AND OVER A THREE WEEK PERIOD WILL OXIDIZE TO FORM A RICH PRUSSIAN BLUE.


THIS TOTE IS MEANT TO BE WORN OVER TIME THE BLACK WILL SLOWLY BLEED TO THE WHITE SIDE, MAKE SURE TO DOCUMENT THE WEARING PROCESS AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS. OVER TIME THIS TOTE WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL AGE MARKINGS THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO YOU, THE WEARER. 


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