Hungarian designer to conquer the world with wooden bags – Photos

You might have seen bags made from plastic, molino, chips, Túró Rudi paper, and other unusual materials, but wood is definitely something new. According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, a Hungarian designer makes wooden bags that are practical and look great at the same time. Check out Szilvia Kálmán’s masterpieces 🙂

The creator of Woody Design bags already experienced the joy of art with master ceramist Mária Szilágyi when she was a little girl. “At the age of 9-10, I was mesmerised by the smell of clay and that I could get my hands dirty. I didn’t become a ceramist in the end, but I studied porcelain painting. Unfortunately, I had to stop due to health issues, but I didn’t want to give up painting, so I started designing silk pictures and hand-painted dresses. It was probably bad timing, because the Hungarian market wasn’t open for something like this back then” told Szilvia PandArte blog.

She got the idea two years ago, when one of her acquaintances, Zsolt Fodor, the creator of Woody Wood Sunglasses, suggested that she should design jewellery from his left-over wood material.  She learned how to use smaller timber industrial machines, tools and woodworking scroll saws like these. Thereafter, when she felt prepared to design something bigger, she left her job, and started making bags. Szilvia does everything, from the designing to the execution, herself.

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She gets the wooden elements from certain sites that carry wooden plates and ply-wood. The production of these is a special process. As a laic, Szilvia compares it to the peeling of an apple. They basically peel the wood with an enormous knife. She uses these high-quality wooden plates to ensemble the outer coat of the bags. Then comes the cutting, sewing of the textile, which is joined with the wooden parts at last.