Clockwise, from the left: Not only vintage, the bags also have unique designs; Tina Lim, the woman behind StrangebutCool; the vintage Evan’s carry-all purse; the kit to make an upcycled carton wallet.
Logically speaking, some bag materials come from nature, so in order to give back, this museum has made a workshop to make upcycled products. Tina herself leads the workshop that uses a used beverage a draft pattern and a little pom-pom
wallet after we broke down the
wallet, you can also bring home an
as a decoration.
beverage carton and wiped it with
artsy little bag as a souvenir – the
a piece of cloth. While carefully
bag is filled with a used plastic
Tina explained that the paper
tutoring the guests, Tina reminded
bottle for you to grow a plant and a
fiber contained in a carton was
everyone not to waste used plastic
brochure with detailed information
useful to create a new product,
bottles or beverage cartons – this
on the vintage bags. So now, what’s
such as a wallet. Tina had made
museum is always open to collecting
not to love? n
a custom design of the wallet, and
these waste products for their crafty
By Suhartina Sindukusumo
at the beginning of the class, she
workshop.
Before the workshop began,
handed out a piece of paper with a
The workshop takes around 30
StrangebutCool, a Museum of
drawing of the wallet’s pattern. All
minutes and I bet you will want to
Vintage Bags
I – and the other guests – needed
make more of these used carton
Jalan Danau Poso No. 111, Sanur
to do was to follow the pattern to
wallets, which are useful to save
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construct our own upcycled carton
coins or name cards. Apart from the
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carton, big scissors, a knife, a cutter,