Premium Diamond Weave Bag Antique Gold × Silver Gray 15mm 7 Cells｜PP Craft Bag - Trial No.8
Design & Craft
【Body Design】
- Material: Fortuna Pearl 15mm width
- Size: Designed with 12 squares wide (W) × 5 squares deep (D) × 7 squares high (H), pursuing a size easy for daily use.
- Design: Utilizing the glossy material, intricate patterns such as diamond lattice, harlequin check, and diagonal check (ichimatsu check) are meticulously rendered.
【Original Handle】
This is a special, original specification by "Alaudae Japan".
- Weaving Technique: The "Edge Stitch" weaving method is adopted. This technique allowed us to achieve a unique, first-of-its-kind idea of adding a matching color edge stitch to the handle.
- Specifications: Total length of 60 cm, approximately 20–22 mm wide. Secured firmly with eight rivets, balancing both durability and design aesthetics.
Product shape and dimensions
Making Story
This prototype is not simply a bag shape. It is the crystallization of an attempt to push the material to its limits.
Within the strict constraint of 15mm-wide × 27m rolls × 2 pieces (54m total), the question I set out to answer was how large a bag in the diamond grid pattern I could actually push the size to. With the theoretical maximum of Prototype Hachi 9-mass as the target and the need to also reserve material for the handle, I built a more conservative weaving diagram and brought it to life as Prototype Hachi (Eight) 7-mass.
Despite carefully calculating the weaving diagram, partway through I noticed length-calculation mistakes in 12 specific places. Rather than treating that as pure loss, I made use of the leftover material and elevated it into the centerpiece of this work, an original edging-stitch woven handle. It was the moment a new technique was born by working through the difficulty.
This Prototype Hachi (Eight) 7-mass is, in my judgement, probably the upper limit on a bag in which both the body and handle can be woven from 54m of material. But that is only the limit at my current ability; with more ingenuity, I am sure the possibilities widen further.
The very real question of whether such a bag can actually be finished within those material constraints was something I wanted to answer with confidence. By making the entire process of trial and error public, this prototype also became the motivation behind launching Fortuna Weave as a new chapter in this craft.
A single piece, made just once, carrying both the story and the passion behind it.
Product code: FMW15-CLT08M7