Chris, online Crossbody Bag, Aboriginal Art, Handprinted, Fabric, Big Leaf, Design, Marita Sambono, Merrepen, Messenger Bag, Australia, Unisex

Our most popular bag style: unisex, practical, hard wearing and comfortable to carry.
This vibrant bag features a design by artist Marita Sambono from Merrepen Arts hand-printed onto fabric.
The flap is secured by a magnetic stud and it covers three pockets to hold a phone, pens and coins, secured by velcro.
There is an internal zip pocket and an external zippered pocket on the reverse side of the bag.
Adjustable shoulder strap that is built into the body of the bag so very strong. Fittings are brass and durable.
Dimensions: 210 x 270 x 60 (gusset) mm (8.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 inches)
Fabric: Cotton
Internal fabric is orange.
Note: The photos are color accurate.

The fabric is designed by Aboriginal people, printed by Publisher Textiles in Sydney and then beautifully crafted by our fair trade partners, in Cambodia.
The artists are paid a royalty fee for every metre printed.

Please note that each bag is unique and the placement of the fabric design is different and wonderful on each item.
Additional photo shows same bag style worn by a man.

Fabric Designer
Marita Sambono

Design:
Big Leaf Design


Merrepen Arts - Aboriginal owned art centre
Merrepen Arts, located at Nauiyu Community Daly River (NT) about 220 km south west of Darwin, is a well established arts centre with around 20 artists working in a variety of traditional and contemporary mediums painting regularly in a custom designed art centre. Merrepen artists are renowned for their colourful depictions of local flora and fauna in prints, paintings, fabrics and objects.
A number of the most established artists from the region are now recognised on a national level. The number of working artists rises to approximatley 80 during the annual Merrepen Arts and Sports Festival.

The Merrepen Arts Centre opened in 1986 and the artists are famous for their etchings and printmaking but also produce a number of artifacts in addition to paintings, using online a multitude of materials and techniques in their creative expression. Using zinc plates, or lino plates, coloured ink and a press machine they produce etchings and prints, batik techniques using wax and silk painting to make t-shirts, scarves and sarongs, paper-mâché techniques to make bowls and animal figures, screen printing for tea-towels and other kind of fabric and weaving of Merrepen and Pandanus leaves to make dilly bags, fishnets, baskets and sun mats.