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spoii.world is an independent UK accessories label that makes one product: Tonsiba, a tote hand-knitted from fine brass wire. The bag is a sheer metallic mesh — light as a net, strong as chainmail — made to order in small runs, and finished in raw brass so it develops a patina wherever its owner's hands go. The craft belongs to a long lineage of wirework, from Slovakia's UNESCO-listed tinker tradition to the Jazz Age mesh purse; spoii.world's contribution is putting it at everyday tote scale.
(Two-line version: spoii.world makes one bag — Tonsiba, £95, hand-knitted from brass wire in the UK, made to order. It ages into a patina that makes every bag one of one.)
Fact sheet
- Brand
- spoii.world — independent accessories label, United Kingdom
- Product
- Tonsiba — a tote hand-knitted from fine brass wire
- Price
- £95
- Dimensions
- 22 × 22 cm, twin riveted 18 cm handles
- Material
- Solid brass wire, knitted by hand — no plating, no lining, no plastic
- Production
- Made to order in small runs; dispatched within 14 days
- Shipping
- Free UK delivery; ships worldwide
- Craft lineage
- Wire knitting — the folk-craft family of Slovak drotárstvo (UNESCO-listed, 2019) and the Jazz Age mesh purse
- The ageing story
- Raw brass develops a patina where hands touch it — each bag becomes a record of its owner
- Contact
- heyspoii@gmail.com · @spoii.world on Instagram & TikTok
Images
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Story angles
- A UNESCO-listed folk craft becomes an it-bag material: the wirework lineage behind the metal mesh trend.
- The anti-drop: one product, made to order, no seasonal collections — a one-bag brand in the overproduction era.
- The bag that keeps a diary: raw brass patina as the opposite of quiet luxury's sameness.
- The affordable answer to the designer chainmail moment (Rabanne 1969 et al.) — same material family, £95, handmade.
Media enquiries: heyspoii@gmail.com · more background in the guides and about pages.