Our Product

THE PERFECT TOTE BAG.

At least one good bag belongs in your wardrobe. We’ll continue to expand our collection, but we’ll stay true to our basics which makes them simply perfect. The only decision to be made? Which Batiks do you want.

DESIGNED AND HANDMADE IN BALI.

We love our heritage and travelled the world to find out how we can bring batiks to a wider audience. We selected the finest artisans batik fabrics and using the highest quality of materials to produce the Batik Be Bag perfect tote bags. With love from Bali, Indonesia, where all bags are crafted by hand. From batik fabric to zippers and labels: everything is sourced in the vicinity of our production facilities.

BATIK ORIGIN

The techniques behind batiks, symbolism and culture surrounding hand-dyed cotton and silk garments known as Indonesian Batik permeate the lives of Indonesians from beginning to end: infants are carried in batik slings decorated with symbols designed to bring the child luck.

Batik is dyed by proud craftspeople who draw designs on fabric using dots and lines of hot wax, which resists vegetable and other dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water and repeating if multiple colors are desired.
The wide diversity of patterns reflects a variety of influences, ranging from Arabic calligraphy, European bouquets and Chinese phoenixes to Japanese cherry blossoms and Indian or Persian peacocks. Often handed down within families for generations, the craft of batik is intertwined with the cultural identity of the Indonesian people and, through the symbolic meanings of its colours and designs, expresses their creativity and spirituality.