When I first saw this product in Brasil I liked it so much that I bought one, only later on I did realise its true value.
Throughout the streets of this beautiful country I continuously saw men with big sacks collecting used cans rummaging through the rubbish.
I found out they were collecting the cans for aluminium recycling as a form of income for the poorest families.
Because of the creation of these pro-ducts the pullrings are now taken off and sold separately to the workers of the product you are looking at now.
They start the procedure by selecting, hammering, washing, polishing and drying the pullrings then their skilful hands start to work with crochet needle and thread.
All this happens in the poorest areas of |
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Salvador de Bahia… the fantastic thing from my point of view is that these people have given life to a product which is useless and insignificant to us.
They have collected the raw material and this is the result.
This is the story...the story I wanted to know, the story behind this bag that I saw one day and bought because I liked the look of it.
Tell this story to the person who buys this product...because then.. they may ..like it even more as I did.
Luisa Leonardi Scomazzoni |
