**Each bag is unique because it is handmade. Depending on the nature of the recycled tyre, there may be slight differences from one item to another. Let yourself be surprised by the bag you receive!
The artisans offer a second life to the tire with a manual labour deadly. They thus demonstrate a talent for recycling in a context of scarce resources, where every material is put to use… spurring ingenuity.
The textile-reinforced tiresdifferent from tires in Western countries, are stripped with a knife to form up to 12 plies. These pre-formed sheets retain the tyre’s shape. They are then rolled, cut, sewn or rivetedto create objects that are useful in everyday life.
TraditionallyAt the time, local production was limited to standard tote bags with handles, used to carry rubble on construction sites.
