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Woven cattail basket bag

Elegant women’s handbag

€ 99,00

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This elegantly-shaped, carefully woven bag in a pretty honey colour will go well with every outfit. You will fall in love with it – it’s lightweight, waterproof, and very durable. This bag is an absolute rarity in our collection! Its maker Helena weaves only a couple of these every year, using an unusual, handcut material – cattail, also known as bulrush. It is definitely one of a kind, woven locally by Polish craftspeople. Basketry Master Helena cuts every leaf manually and then carefully weaves the bags.

We can offer this basket bag to you thanks to our long-standing friendships formed during Serfenta’s basketry expeditions. By purchasing it, you support local Polish craft and Basketry Master Helena directly.

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Material: cattail (bulrush).

The bag is 100% handmade, so the dimensions may vary by 1 or 2 cm.

Height	37 cm
Length	21 cm
Base width	15 cm
Base width	56 cm

Helena Rogala

Basketry Master Helena Rogala – Cattail Queen – one of the last remaining basket makers who weave unique cattail bags for us. More than 10 years ago, Serfenta became fascinated with the unusual Polish basketry material – cattail, also called bulrush, typha latifolia.

During the expeditions in search of basketry masters, we found the master Helena Rogala, called cattail queen, who weaves typha precisely and beautifully like no one else. And we began our long-term cooperation and friendship with her. Serfena has cooperated with Helena for 13 years. Along with her family, she cuts cattail manually in muddy ponds. Each blade is cut by hand with a sickle by Helena and her family. Then the heavy bundles are taken out and transported to the garden, where they season in large stacks until summer. The harvest lasts all day or several days. Then she cleans the material uses it to weave. Helena’s bags are part of our offer thanks to our long-standing friendships formed during Serfenta’s basketry expeditions.

Take a look at the cutting process!

Join the only cattail weaving workshop at Serfenta this year!

Meet Helena Rogala as you stay at home – buy a tutorial DVD and see how the bag is made!

Helena’s bags are part of our offer thanks to our long-standing friendships formed during Serfenta’s basketry expeditions. By purchasing them, you support local Polish craft and Basketry Master Helena directly.

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