A sculptural crumpled woven bag with flowing, asymmetrical lines.

Hand-shaped during the weaving process without molds, the form evokes soft water-like ripples.

The slightly tapered base provides a spacious interior, perfect for everyday use.

Finished with a large brown vegetable-tanned leather handle, the bag brings a warm, natural elegance to summer styling.

＊Each Inès Bressand basket is handmade. Slight variations in color, shape, and size may occur.

＊Woven by artisans in Ghana using traditional techniques, without the use of molds, ensuring that each piece is unique. Some pieces are reshaped and finished by hand at Inès Bressand’s studio in Saint Pierreville, France. The leather handles are also handmade and sewn in France.

Size｜W 24.5cm × D 17cm × H 44cm (including handle; handmade, slight variations may occur)

ー Materials ー

Body｜Pennisetum Purpureum natural fiber from Ghana＊

Handle｜Vegetable-tanned leather from France＊＊

ー Handmade in Ghana & France ー

Inès Bressand

Having a textile and design background, Inès Bressand looks at craft technics with a contemporary view. Based on materials manipulations and collaborations with craftsmen and women. Together she develops new ways of working, one step away from tradition, aiming to produce new pieces in a cross-fertilization process. Her most representative works are an ongoing series of straw bags called AKAMAE made with weavers in Ghana and distributed worldwide – and a series of furniture called Zezuru marrying wood and galvanized metal for the Botswana based maker MABEO furniture.

Inès Bressand launched her eponymous accessories line after visiting Europe and Africa while doing research for her master’s degree thesis and discovering the art of basket weaving. Inspired by the intricacies of the craft, she spent three months in Ghana where she learned how to make bags and baskets under the guidance of artisan weavers using traditional materials such as naturally golden elephant grass found in the Savannah. Her unique handmade pieces were soon spotted by industry insiders, and today she offers sculptural handbags and backpacks with a focus on natural materials, craftsmanship and honouring historic methods.

She has worked as a freelance designer with the fashion brand LOEWE to design and produce straw accessories with the baskets weavers she works with in Ghana. Inès lives and works in Marseille, France, and has a workshop with Eve Chaumontet in the village of Saint Pierreville in Ardèche region where all the AKAMAE straw bags are shaped and the leather handles stitched. Regularly in Africa to collaborates with craftsmen since 2015, Inès seeks to develop her practice along the new materials and makers she meets.

＊Pennisetum Purpureum Natural Fiber

Also known as elephant grass, this wild grass is hand-harvested and sun-dried in the Ghanaian savannah without chemical treatment. Variations in color and texture reflect the natural beauty of each piece.

＊＊Vegetable-Tanned Leather

Made from French cowhide and tanned naturally using plant extracts like oak bark.
The process preserves the leather’s natural texture and allows it to age beautifully over time.

＊Care instructions

• Store the woven bag in a dry, shaded place when not in use. Prolonged sun exposure may darken the straw
• The natural straw surface may be slightly rough; avoid contact with delicate fabrics like silk or lace.
• Vegetable-tanned leather will naturally develop a patina over time with use.
• If the straw gets wet, color transfer may occur; avoid contact with light-colored clothing.