Person standing on sandy ground holding a dark brown fringe handbag with a white flower decoration, wearing a beige dress and white slide sandals.

Penyapu

The Penyapu bag, meaning broom in Malay, was the first of the barangan rumah collection to be conceptualised. The idea of the bag was simple; to create a functional, tassel-like bag that resembled a broom.

Sketch of a small lamp bag with a textured shade and a handle

Initial sketches of the Penyapu

Gray leather bag with perforated design, open on a black cutting mat.

Construction of the body

Close-up of a brown leather fringed bag with decorative stitching.

The production of this bag, however, was not so straightforward.

The framework of the bag starts out as a cylinder; two rectangular pieces of leather whipstitched to each other on the sides, and an oval base piece attached to the bottom via a box stitch technique. The more tedious part of production starts when it comes to the tassels; 72 individually burnished and painted strips of leather, which are then folded in the middle and then subsequently tied onto the individually assigned holes on the bag.

The flap at the top of the interior of the bag, or a “tongue”, was designed to fit in seamlessly with the way the tassels are attached to the bag, and to prevent theft but at the same time maintain ease of use.

A woman in a cream-colored dress holding a brown broom penyapu handbag with a white flower, standing outdoors against a cloudy sky.

Currently the Penyapu bag comes in a Tan or Black smooth French aniline calfskin.

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