Our story

Made by hand, on the Central Coast.

Totemband is a small workshop on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Every band is braided to order, and every bead is printed here, in the colours you choose. Wear your story.

A banded leather Totemband on stone

Why symbols

A symbol is the smallest way to carry something that matters: a place, a belief, a person, a reminder. We put one on a bead so you can wear it every day without saying a word.

We started Totemband because personal, meaningful jewellery shouldn’t cost a fortune. So the range is priced for everyone, and the customiser lets you build exactly the band you want, with any of the fifty-odd symbols in the library or one of your own.

How it’s made

The cord is braided cow-hide leather or tactical 425 paracord, cut and finished by hand to your wrist size. The beads, bands and couplings are 3D-printed in PLA, with the symbol inlaid in a second colour, so every bead has its own faint texture and no two are quite the same. The clasps are 304 or 316 stainless steel.

Nothing is made until it’s ordered. That keeps the range honest and the waste low.

What we stand for

Be true to yourself. Celebrate what makes you, you. Say what you mean and listen generously. The bands are quiet about it, which is the point: a small thing on the wrist that reminds you who you are.