Our story
Totemband is a small workshop on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Every bead is printed here, in the colours you choose, and every band is assembled by hand, to order. Wear your story.
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.
The beads, bands and couplings are 3D-printed in PLA in our workshop, with the symbol inlaid in a second colour, so every bead has its own faint texture and no two are quite the same. The cord is machine-braided genuine cowhide leather or tactical 425 nylon paracord, and the clasps are 304 or 316 stainless steel. Those come from specialist suppliers overseas, because nobody in Australia braids bolo cord to that consistency. So every band is made here in Australia from locally made and imported components, cut, fitted and finished by hand to your wrist size.
Nothing is made until it’s ordered. That keeps the range honest and the waste low.
We’re not here to push our values. We’re here to help you wear yours. 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.