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Aboriginal Turtle Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag 45cm

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$17.95
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$17.95
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Unique art inspired gifts
Supports Aboriginal artists
Meaningful gifts at great value
Celebrating Indigenous culture
Product Description

Our Turtles Recycled Plastic Bottle Bags are not only stylish and functional, but they're also heroes of sustainability.

Each bag is created using three plastic bottles, meaning they're great for the planet by reducing waste through recycling and leaving a smaller footprint on Mother Earth.

These sturdy, lightweight shopping bags fold down to a handy size to pop in your bag so you're ready for anything.

  • Size - unfolded 45cm x 40cm - 13cm x 13cm folded
  • Made form 3 recycled plastic bottles
  • 100% recycled & recyclable material shopping bag
  • Made from rescued plastic bottles destined for our oceans
  • Water resistant and lightweight
  • A portion of each sale goes toward the artist
  • Wash in warm temperature (30C)
  • Warm iron 
  • Designed in Australia
  • Australian owned and operated company
  • Member of the Indigenous Art Code
    ARTIST & ARTWORK

    Melanie Hava Hailing from the Wet Tropics of Far-North Queensland and identifying as a Mamu Aboriginal woman, Melanie Hava draws continuous inspiration from the reef and rainforest for her artistic creations. Since her early years, Melanie possessed a firm certainty about her destined path as an artist, with art providing her a secure haven.Raised in the embrace of diverse backgrounds, Melanie's lineage is a fusion of her Aboriginal mother and Austrian father. Consequently, her artworks seamlessly interweave not only the distinct hues of Australia's red soils but also subtle European influences, represented by delicate gold leaf embellishments and intricate crystal patterns. In essence, her art harmoniously merges these two cultural threads.Melanie currently resides in Cairns, close to her mother's Country, where she feels close to the spirit of rainforest and reef. Her life evolves around her three children, gallery, and commissioned artworks.

    Turtle Design These paintings are influenced by the landscape of my home, the traditional land of the Rainforest Aboriginal people, right next to the magnificent Great Barrier Reef.

     My people are the Mamu. Our traditional lands are now internationally recognised, as the wet tropics of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef are both World Heritage Areas. These places and their stories are irreplaceable and priceless to our people, to Australia and to the world. Sharing and caring about our World Heritage Areas is so important and it is my passion to share these stories through my paintings.

    OUR PROMISE

    We passionately believe in making unique, special and delightfully different high-quality art-inspired gifts both affordable and accessible.

    All Koh Living Artists are Australian based, and all design work is completed in Australia. Koh Living Founder Tui Cordemans personally selects all artists and oversees all designs with special focus always being placed on unique and meaningful designs with stories to be told.  Koh Living is a proud and active member of the Indigenous Art Code and practises ethical trading of Aboriginal Art.

    Only the highest quality products are approved for sale by Koh Living with all manufacturers involved being either BSCI certified or complying with equivalent global social and compliance standards.  All manufacturing and logistics processes follow best practice guidelines and processes are regularly inspected.

    SHIPPING AND RETURNS

    Your order is normally dispatched from Koh the next business day, and each one has a tracking number so that you can trace where it is in the delivery process at any time.  During sale periods this may stretch to 3 working days. Between Christmas and the 2nd week in Jan your order will be dispatched within 3 business days as our dispatch elves take a well needed break.

    In Australia we use Australia Post - Regular Parcel Post delivers in 3-5 days to Metro and 10 days to Country within your state, and 10+ days interstate. For Express Post - delivery is faster, but Australia Post cannot guarantee delivery timeframes like it used to pre COVID-19.  We are noticing delays of many days, and appreciate your patience as Australia Post works with it's increased volume and challenges. 

    International deliveries may also experience delays in delivery.

    Aboriginal Turtle Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag 45cm
    Aboriginal Turtle Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag 45cm
    Aboriginal Turtle Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag 45cm
    Aboriginal Turtle Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag 45cm
    Aboriginal Turtle Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag 45cm