Who would have thought that mending some horse tack over 30 years ago would lead me to a life around leather, from crafts to arts to history and archaeology and running a museum? Not me nor anybody I knew then. To save you a life story, I currently work with leather on my scarce time off and only for fun (nope, didn't say for free ;O). I call those moments my LeatherTime.
This collection of pictures and links is not about me or my leather work projects, though I may slip in one or the other on occasion. This blog is about leather. There are many people out there doing marvelous things with leather so it's about their work and ideas. It is about things in leather that are somewhat off the beaten tracks. It is about the exceptional and excellent things done in leather, the first man made material. An some food for thoughts about...you guessed it right, LEATHER
About my work with leather see: http://corioplast.tumblr.com/
An exceptionally well done wallet by Honghoa Cai in Beijing, 100% handmade and most unique. More about his work on his web site http://tudoudedian.taobao.com/
Sure, the Amazon Kindle might have dynamic font adjustments, and it can hold thousands of books, but can it do this? Printed in the late 16th century this small book from the National Library of Sweden is an example of sixfold dos-脿-dos binding, where six books are conjoined into a single pub
Artist window for Herm猫s in Paseo de Graci脿 (Barcelona). 鈥he leather fox is living in a human interior composed with furnitures all made of paper, giving a surrealistic aspect to the scene. Each piece of the window display was made by hand.
DIY Easy聽Herm猫s Inspired Faux Knot Cuff Tutorial from inspiration & realisation here.聽Based on a white leather聽Herm猫s belt.聽Really easy to follow tutorial by Donatella. Seriously, inspiration & realisation is one of the best DIY fashion/jewelry blogs out there right now with doable projects that are so on trend and right off the runway (and won鈥檛 look crappy when made).
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