600-year-old leather wristband uncovered
A leather archer’s wrist guard dating back to the 16th century has been found in mud on the Thames riverbank in London.
A leather archer’s wrist guard dating back to the 16th century has been found in mud on the Thames riverbank in London.
In partnership with Arts Thread, The Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition judges have been announced for 2023. The judges for this year’s competition include last year's overall winner- Gal Benjamin, the Managing Director
Rather than walk, you can now recline on the wild side with Bill Amberg Studio’s latest collaboration with the Knepp Estate.
It’s not just the manufacturing of products that has an impact on the environment. The materials that are used to create them, the waste, and what happens to them when people stop using them must also be considered.
Tanneries in general have been driving up sustainability standards for decades, but how can you tell how individual ones are performing?
It’s all very well to follow your instincts, but once you start crafting leather at any serious level, you are going to have to learn to cut patterns uniformly and accurately. Here is how to get started.
We all know about plastic pollution—the microplastics that are shed and the general waste caused. And we know how difficult it is to recycle a product that takes 500 years to biodegrade. But the harm plastics do starts’ even before they are made.
There are various ways to join two pieces of leather together. Gluing may be the easiest of them, but sometimes it’s also the best.
The Real Leather. Stay Different. UK Student Design Competition, in partnership with Arts Thread and Leather UK, has announced its esteemed panel of judges for 2023.
The panel of judges for the Real Leather. Stay Different. Nordic Region Student Design Competition 2023, in partnership with Arts Thread, has been announced featuring two prominent industry figures and our first ever overall winner of the competition.
We had the opportunity to meet Yusuf Osman, the award winning designer and leather artisan, who founded the leather goods label YUSSICO.
Competition to promote sustainable leather will run for the first time in art and design schools in the Philippines.