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It's all in
The Bag
Angela Damman
Bucket Bag Bruja
Bucket bag made by Mayan artisans with 540 meters of handspun sansevieria thread woven on a backstrap loom and adorned with 1500 fringes. Includes a braided leash with key clip.
Now in The Netherlands exclusively at Crafthouse.
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Handmade in Yucatán, México
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Height 21 cm (8,2")
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Diameter 11 cm (4,5")
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Angela Damman
Sustainable Textiles
For hundreds of years, plants shaped a culture and fostered sustainable communities in rural Yucatán.
Over 1,400 years ago, the Mayan people discovered Henequen (Agave), a plant indigenous to Yucatán, México. By crushing the leaves, they extracted a strong white fiber that could be used for everyday items, like fabric, bags, hammocks, nets and ropes.
Centuries later, the Sansevieria plant was introduced to the Yucatán; these fibers were found to be softer and finer than Henequen, making it an ideal material for thread making. Henequen and Sansevieria plant fibers are not only resilient and strong, but luminous. No one fiber is the same, adding to the aesthetic beauty of a nature made design.
Angela Damman
An Ancient Art
Artisans are the guardians of one of Yucatán’s most valuable resources - a culture whose traditions are at risk of disappearing.
In hands as textured as the native plant fibers they work with, Mayan artisans possess the knowledge and desire to preserve their ancient traditions by passing them down to the next generations of mothers and daughters. The ‘ancianos’, or ancient ones, still work with tools and techniques used in eras from long ago.
Angela Damman
Handcrafted Luxury
What began as an idea to work with the native Henequen and Sansevieria plants has grown to a life’s passion - to fully understand the Mayan culture and the environment in which it flourishes.
Through an ongoing exchange of ideas, knowledge and passion, Angela Damman is building a luxury brand that supports the knowledge of artisans and their families. These communities have spent their whole lives working with the plant fibers that sustain them. Now, through textile innovation and bespoke design, Angela Damman is helping these artisans breathe new life into their ancient traditions, and bring renewed vitality to their communities. From land to loom, one product can generate economic opportunities in several communities, and each one carries the mark of the hands that made it.
Now in The Netherlands exclusively at CRAFTHOUSE.
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