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INSIDE
celebrating
the UK’s most
exciting makers
and creators
The Art of Leather
issue 1
W elcome to Leather UK’s very first
guide profiling some of the most
exciting makers working with leather in
the UK today. These include artisans
working in the worlds of fashion,
jewellery, accessories, interiors, art,
sculpture, collectibles and more.
As the trade body for the UK leather industry, we felt that
it was high time we provided a platform to bring together
these brilliant creators to showcase the modern face of the
British leather sector. By collating them in one place, we
want to make it easier for people to discover them and the
beautiful items they produce. From intricately woven leather
handbags, to the lightest shearling jackets, to incredible art
installations and playful sheepskin furniture and beyond.
Consumers are changing. We increasingly want to know
where the things we buy and use come from, and how
they are produced. Leather is a by-product and by its very
nature sustainable, durable and beautiful – all qualities
synonymous with the slowing of rapid consumption required
in today’s world.
While each of our featured makers is unique in what they
do, they are united in their desire to make responsibly and
mindfully, wasting as little as they can and sourcing locally
where possible. Farm to fork becomes farm to bag, or shoes
or coat – quite literally so in the work of Alice Robinson.
Our makers also share a desire to support their industry,
passing on their skills to young makers. Many of them
CONTENTS
are preserving or even rediscovering age-old techniques,
bringing them to life with a fresh twist in contemporary Martina Spetlova fashion designer 4
items. We like to think of it as looking to the past to inform Baa Stool interiors 6
a more responsible future.
Mindful of the heritage of their craft, our makers are Tania Clarke Hall jewellery designer 8
also using modern technologies such as blockchain to Iseabal Hendry accessories designer 10
protect provenance. They also harness and push the Welsh Organic Tannery sheep, goat and deerskin tannery 12
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physical boundaries of leather, forcing us to re-evaluate the
possibilities of this natural by-product. Karl Donoghue fashion designer 14
It’s been a real pleasure to compile our very first Mark Evans artist 16
collection of the finest examples of leather creativity J. & F.J. Baker & Co Ltd traditional oak bark tannery 18
in the UK today. We hope you and your readers
enjoy discovering our featured makers and their Warriner Leather Works leather artisan 20
beautiful creations. Georgina Brett Chinnery leather artist and sculptor 22
Grady + Robinson regenerative farming fashion design 24
rs
Jessica Aie Owen Barry sheepskin fashion and interiors 26
Spire Leather tannery 28
Business Development Manager
Charles Laurie London leather artisan 30
07591 207375
jessicaaiers@leatheruk.org Joshua Millard fashion designer 32
hoto by Jamie Trounce
Front cover image: A Joshua Millard design
Back cover image: A Martina Spetlova design. Photo by Sylwana Zybura. Stylist: Tomas C Toth
4 Pictured:
Martina Spetlova
ethically sourced. The brand is
also building on the blockchain
technology that identifies each
item so that in the future,
customers will be able to access
repair and recycling services.
Until the start of the pandemic,
the brand’s signature artisan
handweaving was carried
out by a small team of Syrian
refugee women in Turkey,
trained by Martina herself and
run in collaboration with an
independent NGO and a social
enterprise called Small Project
Istanbul. Production methods that
empower disadvantaged women
will continue to sit at the heart of
MARTINA
her vision.
As she maps out her future,
Her technique, a brilliant introduced a range of bags in the
Martina is focused on selling
marriage of textiles know-how same woven leather in a variety
directly to customers as well as
SPETLOVA
from her BA and her fashion MA of shapes, size and colourways.
working on her bespoke practice.
at Central St Martins, involves Her collared bomber jackets
She is also experimenting with
weaving lengths of coloured satin in contrasting weaves are
the ever-growing rental markets,
tape into pieces of leather that hard-working pieces fit for any
in an effort to make her designs
she cuts into, to create a unique occasion. The brand’s woven
more widely accessible. But it
textile that has the strength of items look just as incredible in
M
is the prospect of bringing her
artina Spetlova’s stunning woven leather and the softness and block colours as they do in their
distinctive woven designs into
leather techniques have graced movement of fabric. signature colour combinations.
interiors projects, small and large,
The result is a range of The all-black leather bustier and
the runway at London Fashion Week wearable garments, from coats to dress are timeless items to be
that represents the next chapter
in her career.
and caught the discerning eye of jackets to skirts and dresses that worn again and again, lifted by a
Selfridges who sell the colourful jackets work together brilliantly, each wonderful iridescence that comes
a talking point in its own right, from the satin weave and playful
that she is best known for. yet retaining a casual, modern contrast of textures. ‘FOR THE
air that is never ‘try hard’. More Craftsmanship and incredible
recently Martina Spetlova has attention to detail are the CONSCIOUS
martinaspetlova.com
hallmarks of Martina Spetlova’s
designs. The inside of each
CONSUMER, THIS
Instagram: @martinaspetlova IS SUSTAINABLE
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garment is as beautiful as the
outside, and finishings and
fastenings are minimal, allowing LUXURY AT
the leather/satin weave to speak ITS MOST
for itself.
For the conscious consumer, THOUGHTFUL’
this is sustainable luxury at its
most thoughtful, supported by
Photo by Sylwana Zybura. Stylist: Tomas C Toth
a commitment to responsible
making. The ‘satin’ tape and
bag linings are made from
Econyl®, a regenerated nylon
waste, and the smallest leather
Next
offcuts and scraps are used
Photo by Kasia Wozniak
alongside larger leather pieces in Baa Stool
each garment, all traceable and
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BAA
STOOL
A Baa Stool creation delivers
a moment of pure joy. It’s
impossible not to smile when you see
‘MICHELLE DREAMS
workshop has inspired some of
IN SHEEPSKIN, the company’s most innovative
one – indeed the company’s mantra
is ‘style with a smile’. Their products
CONSTANTLY creations. Baa Stool’s quirky
door accessories such as draught
inspire oohs and aahs and provide THINKING UP excluders and doorstops in the
comfort and delight in homes all over BRILLIANT NEW shape of birds use some of the
smaller pieces of sheepskin
the UK and in the US which has also IDEAS FOR USING that would otherwise end up Pictured: Michelle Bartleet-Greavey
discovered the Baa Stool pleasure as throwaway scraps. The
THIS MOST TACTILE company’s opulent, best-selling
factor. gazed out at the sheep grazing in
In the eight years since Michelle Bartleet-
AND VERSATILE OF Union Jack rug, available as a the fields outside her house, she
made-to-order item also includes
Greavey first came up with the idea of covering MATERIALS’ some of these smaller cuts. The
had a flash of inspiration. Why
not cover a stool with sheepskin?
a footstool in sheepskin, the range has grown tiniest pieces of sheepskin are She sourced a couple of fleeces
to include stools, tuffets, pouffes and benches Michelle dreams in even used to stuff cushion pads locally – to this day the majority
in different shapes, sizes and colours, from sheepskin, constantly as part of the brand’s drive of sheepskin used in Baa Stool
natural tones to bright jewel-like hues. Now thinking up brilliant new to eliminate synthetics items are sourced from UK
Baa Stool customers can dial up the snuggle ideas for using this most where possible. flocks – and set to work. Several
factor at home with sheepskin-covered tactile and versatile of The story behind Baa Stool is weeks later and a fair bit of trial
armchairs, gorgeous patterned rugs, cushions materials in a range of an unusual one. After being made and error, Michelle took her
and even lampshades. The company’s hug of
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interiors items. She redundant from her 25 year-long experimental stools to local fairs
a ‘Polar Bear Chair’ was brought in by ITV’s explains that as well as corporate career Michelle had an and farmers markets where she
Dancing on Ice to introduce a fluffy, feel-good the obvious, Baa stands encounter with a fortune-teller quickly realised she had a hit on
factor into the presenters’ cabins. for brave, accountable who saw her surrounded by pin her hand.
and awesome. cushions and other sewing items. Eight years since that initial
Originality is the brand’s Originally from North Wales stroke of genius, Baa Stool has
byword, always striving she’d recently moved back to the gone on to create an entirely new
baastool.co.uk to create something that area where she grew up, but was interiors category and concept
is unlike anything else travelling so much for work that
Instagram: @baastool that has earned it an ardent fan
that’s available to buy. she’d had little time to enjoy the base at home and abroad.
If an idea doesn’t excite local countryside.
the Baa Stool team or Inspired by the thought of a
make them smile, then it new direction she threw herself
won’t get made! into a two-year professional Next
Her dedication to upholstery course run by
ethical production the Association of Master
Tania
methods and eliminating Upholsterers and Soft Furnishers Clarke Hall
waste in her North Wales (AMUSF). Then one day as she
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Pictured: Tania Clarke Hall
None of this comes as a surprise foil or coloured edge dyes ranging
when you learn that Tania first from subtle metallics to bright reds.
studied chemistry before turning The several hundred delicate 22ct
to textiles, then jewellery, studying gold lines on her ‘Freehand Lines
under Caroline Broadhead, a key Necklace’ are tooled by hand to
figure in the conceptual jewellery create a dynamic line pattern. Each
movement of the late 70s/early necklace is therefore unique and
80s and now Professor Emerita at like many of her pieces available in
Central Saint Martin’s. limited numbers. Her ‘Rhapsody in
The three disciplines interact, Pearl’ necklace combines dozens of
sometimes unexpectedly yet always pearls with black leather in an edgy
seamlessly in a Tania Clarke Hall take on the classic string of pearls,
piece. A self-confessed visual inspired by the New York skyline
butterfly and constant experimenter, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody
there are myriad influences at play in Blue.
in her work, from architecture, Her long, gold lariat
sculpture and 1960s papercraft to necklaces which featured ‘HER PALETTE INCLUDES
the sights and sounds of her daily in her earliest collections
cycle around London. They all when she started out BOLD PRIMARY
contribute to her ‘what if’ ideas - 13 years ago are classic COLOURS AS WELL AS
TANIA
things that catch her eye, make her items that are still best
smile and prompt her to explore how sellers. And that’s also BLACK LEATHER PIECES’
to translate them in her work. the joy of owning a Tania
The results are gorgeous, Clarke Hall piece, it’s surface of the hide that many leather
CLARKE HALL
collectable pieces that are hugely completely timeless. Rather than a artists have traditionally chosen. She
wearable and incredibly versatile. constant stream of new collections also feels liberated to be working
Shapes including twists, ruffles, lines that chase trends, that come and go, in a field, using a material where
and freeform lend their names to Tania focuses on creating pieces that few have gone before and where
T
some of her collections. Her palette are meaningful to her and so exist there are so few references and
ania Clarke Hall’s jewellery turns heads and
includes bold primary colours as beyond time. conventions.
starts conversations. Her pieces are striking in well as black leather pieces that Tania Clarke Hall has a deep love As well as her collections, Tania
size, shape, form, colour and technique. Indeed, become extraordinary with the for the material she has dedicated also creates unique, one off pieces,
Prue Leith is a fan and is often seen wearing one of addition of freshwater pearls, gold herself to. She is fascinated by the as commissions for clients who
natural beauty of the long pieces love her aesthetic but want an
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Tania’s designs. But what’s most surprising is the
of strong saddle entirely bespoke piece. Yet what
core material she uses in her designs – leather. Yet it’s leather that she excites her most looking forwards,
leather as you’ve never seen it before – a subtle yet works with as well is the challenge she has set herself
bold, innovative, playful yet sophisticated approach as its technical of creating a number of unique
possibilities. But statement pieces each year, taking
to working with the material, and ultimately to
it’s what happens time to experiment with fresh,
jewellery design itself, that breaks conventions. when you cut innovative designs. We can’t wait to
into the material see the results.
taniaclarkehall.com that really excites
her; the complex,
Instagram: @tania_clarke_hall
fibrous texture of
Photo by Pari Naderi
the cut edges and Next
the possibilities
Iseabal Hendry
Photo by Pari Naderi
they represent, as
opposed to the
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Photo by Isabelle Law
‘AN ISEABAL
HENDRY HANDBAG
IS A COLLECTOR’S
ITEM, AN
EXQUISITE
PIECE OF
Photo by Calum Douglas
Photo by Isabelle Law
CRAFTSMANSHIP
TO BE TREASURED’
ISEABAL
Her incredible technique saw Yet it all happened by chance.
its first commercial outing A race by fellow students to
in her capsule collection of secure the biggest, ‘best’ pieces ‘ISEABAL HENDRY
handbags made from the softest, of leather during a project set WEAVES EACH
HENDRY
vegetable-tanned leather in a by the Glasgow School of Art
range of greens, tans and blues, and the Bridge of Weir Leather OF HER BAGS BY
a reflection of the natural world
around her. That range has now
Company saw Iseabal determined
to make something beautiful out
HAND, AND HER
sold out but fans of Iseabal’s of the slivers and trimmings cast HAND ALONE’
work will be delighted to know aside by her peers. She has since
I seabal Hendry’s hand-woven leather
textiles are wonderfully intricate,
inspired by the traditional basket
that a new limited-edition
collection of her signature curved
handbags became available
made an artform of weaving
narrow pieces of vegetable
tanned leather – around 7mm in
Iseabal is now looking beyond
her handbag collection, exploring
again in mid-2021. This time width - into her glorious leather
making, roof thatching and carpentry of the collection incorporates new textiles. Her bags are curved and
new ways and artforms to
showcase her craft. She has
her Scottish Highland home. But as an
Photo by Isabelle Law
colours including a bright apple round by design – not only are
already started to work on
embroidery graduate from the Glasgow green and rosy pink to add they practical and wonderful to
interiors projects and her
to her existing palette. Future look at, echoing the steam wood
School of Art, it is Iseabal’s delicate framed weaves are increasingly
launches will also include a bending she practiced when
take on leather, which she combines much-requested and coveted learning traditional boat-building
in demand, made to order as
private commissions in bespoke
with fine cotton before hand-weaving, card-holder. skills; they also allow even the
sizes and colours, designed to
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that makes her work so unique. Iseabal Hendry weaves each of smallest leather trimmings to
be wall-mounted. A commission
her bags by hand, and her hand be used.
from a hotel or other public
alone, in the Scottish Highlands. Her dedication to zero waste
space or a collaboration with an
It is a slow, meditative process is also a cornerstone of her
interior designer are all part of
that she would not change for sustainable lifestyle in the West
the plan. And a place in Collect,
the world. For her, it is not about Coast Highlands of Scotland
the international art fair for
iseabalhendry.com volume or constantly producing where she grew up. Having been
contemporary craft and design is
Instagram: @iseabalhendry new designs. Each collection can brought up as a vegetarian, she
high on her wish-list. We think it’s
be several years in the making, feels a responsibility and respect
just a question of time.
amounting to no more than towards the original animal, that
around fifty items in total, using means wasting as little of that
only naturally vegetable tanned precious resource as possible.
leather responsibly sourced This commitment to reducing
from Italy. An Iseabal Hendry waste is one that her entire craft Next
handbag is a collector’s item, an centres around. Welsh Organic
exquisite piece of craftsmanship
Pictured: to be treasured. Tannery
Iseabal Hendry
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bark) to treat the skins, as part
Pictured:
Steve and
of a four-to-six-week process
Emma Allum that involves only water, salt (for
pickling the skin) and formic acid,
a naturally occurring substance.
The result is a skin that
preserves the softness and
strength of the original fleece
and enhances its natural colour
and markings. The slow, natural
process gives rise to a thick, high
quality, long lasting product,
and best of all, because the
fleece is washed several times
during the tanning process, it’s
fully washable!
Photo by Roger Dangerfield
WELSH
Today, their Carmarthenshire anywhere locally to process the Today, Welsh Organic mainly
tannery transforms around 1,000 skins left over from the small- tans local fleeces that are
skins a year into the softest sheep scale farming that allows her delivered in person but equally
have many skins sent to it from
ORGANIC TANNERY
and goatskins, items of beauty family to live a self-sustainable
that last a lifetime. The Welsh life. How, she wondered, could it all over England and Scotland.
Organic Tannery’s online store ever be right to simply dispose of It also tans for other small
sells limited quantities of rugs, her prized stock’s skins in landfill holders who want to sell finished
cushion covers, seat pads and or to incinerate them? sheepskin and goatskin products
footstools made from the various Determined to find a solution, from their own farm shops or
W hen Emma and Steve breeds of livestock the Allum’s she finally found a tannery in on sites such as Etsy or simply
to keep for themselves. Emma
Allum charged Relocation, raise themselves or which they Hereford, one of only a couple
secure from a local abattoir. in England willing to take on the and Steve Allum’s dedication to
Relocation’s, Phil and Kirstie with preserving an ancient tanning
If you want a Jacob sheepskin, job. Not only that, the owner
finding them a property with a few one of the world’s oldest breeds, Nicki Port offered to teach Emma process means that a precious
animal by-product is preserved
acres of land, a two-hour drive in prized for its light, soft, springy and Steve the process of tanning.
fleece you’ll have to move fast From that point on they decided as an object of beauty rather than
any direction from Bristol where ending up as waste.
as these coveted items fly off the to make a go of it. The process
Steve was working in government, virtual shelf. isn’t for the faint-hearted; from
little did they know that 17 years Welsh Organic Tannery was taking the initial plunge to a fully
born out of Emma Allum’s operational tannery took around
on they would have a smallholding
frustration at not finding three years, time spent dealing
with sheep and goats and be running
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with red tape and the actual
Wales’s only organic tannery! building and sourcing of the
constituent parts of a tannery,
most of which are no longer made
‘WELSH ORGANIC in the UK!
welshorganictannery.co.uk TANNERY’S DEDICATION Having spent several weeks
Instagram: @welshorganictannery practising on skins donated by
TO PRESERVING AN neighbours, Emma and Steve
ANCIENT TANNING were confident they could tan
skins to a high level. They were
PROCESS MEANS determined that no chemical
Photo by Heather Birnie Photography
THAT THE ANIMAL BY- products should be used in
the tanning process or result in
PRODUCT IS PRESERVED harmful waste, in keeping with Next
AS AN OBJECT OF their self-sufficient, sustainable Karl Donoghue
lifestyle. They use vegetable
BEAUTY’ tanning (sustainably sourced tree
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KARL
His collections are based on a deep showing at London Fashion Week
understanding of what women want to wear now. in 1998 that launched his ascent.
Photo by Jeremy Baile @RGB Digital
Unpredictable weather patterns and fluctuating It was where he caught the eye of
temperatures have led to a demand for pieces iconic designer/retailer Joseph,
DONOGHUE
that can be layered or deconstructed to be worn initiating a collaboration that
separately. It’s an issue that resonates globally lasted several years, and leading
and as well as its popularity in the UK, the label Donoghue to create a ready-
has big export markets in China, Japan, Korea to-wear collection of brightly
and the USA. coloured shearling coats and
His innovative KD2 Concept range is built jackets for the label.
around this idea, bringing together multi-seasonal Donoghue has always insisted
layers of showerproof fabric, shearling and on manufacturing in the UK where
leather so that the wearer can create a garment possible, putting sustainable
that fits her lifestyle. The lightweight base layer practices at the heart of his
comes in a variety of jacket and coat styles in brand. His dedication to the
different cuts and colours. When combined animal hide is the starting point
with an equally wide selection for his designs and a cornerstone
‘KARL DONOGHUE IS of shearling coats, jackets and of his approach. He works closely
gilets, worn under or over the with technicians at the European
SYNONYMOUS WITH nylon base, the possibilities are tannery that produces for him,
MODERN, RELAXED endless. The genius of the KD2 developing deep partnerships
Concept range is that it can that result in new colours and
SHEARLING AND LEATHER. be worn as something that is finishes as well as shearling and
HE IS A TECHNICAL completely unique to the wearer. leather products that are bespoke
to the Karl Donoghue brand.
He also favours lightweight
INNOVATOR PUSHING entrafino lamb leather of His signature ‘cashmere touch’
and ‘velvet touch’ shearlings
THE BOUNDARIES’ the highest quality to create
wonderfully soft outerwear were developed in this
with incredible movement. This collaborative way.
premium leather is left unlined to He insists that pushing the
technical boundaries of the
F
allow its natural beauty and the
ashion designer Karl Donoghue is material is a fundamental part of
perfection of the construction to
synonymous with modern, relaxed shine through. Ideal for summer, the design journey and possible
only through the time he invests
Photo by Jeremy Baile @RGB Digital
shearling and leather. His designs are it moves seamlessly into winter
when combined with a shearling personally in understanding
elegant and fluid with a contemporary the tanning and manufacturing
layer for warmth.
edge. He is a technical innovator, Karl Donoghue started his processes. What results from
such dedication to his craft is
pushing the boundaries of the finest love affair with shearling in
luxury at its most sustainable, a
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the mid-90s when studying at
raw material he can source to its limits, practical wearable garment that
Ravensbourne College. His quest
so that it becomes incredibly soft and to design beautiful, desirable will last a lifetime and more.
lightweight, resulting in a luxurious collections from sustainably
sourced shearling and leather has
garment that is wearable and versatile.
burned bright ever since.
He found success early in his
career when his accessories range
karldonoghue.com was snapped up by a number
‘HIS INNOVATIVE KD2 of iconic London boutiques.
Instagram: @karldonoghue
CONCEPT RANGE BRINGS He quickly went on to build a
Photo by Jeremy Baile @RGB Digital
celebrity clientele including Kate
TOGETHER MULTI- Moss, Julianne Moore, David
Furnish, Victoria Beckham, Next
SEASONAL LAYERS OF Kylie Jenner, Gillian Anderson Mark Evans
SHOWERPROOF FABRIC, and Olivia Palermo. But it was a
SHEARLING AND LEATHER’
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And it is that technique and the on when he risks becoming overly also the knowledge and respect for
medium he applies it to in service known for any one genre, going off the creature who lives on in the art,
of his creative vision, which render grid, moving into the shadows where transported from the prosaic – a by-
classification redundant. Because, the world isn’t watching, to consider, product of the meat industry – to the
you see, he works entirely with where next. sublime. Yet the medium of leather
strong, beautiful, expressive leather, A restless nature also compels also exposes a fragility, when cut
working the surface of the material him to explore new techniques and and transformed.
with an array of scalpels, knives and he has set himself the challenge of The contemplation of these
other tools to create his pieces. He is interpreting Picasso’s Musketeers, two forces, the fleeting and the
also extraordinarily successful with attempting, with the use of blade permanent are driving Mark Evans
a body of shows, a global collector on leather, to create the look and to explore the use of vellum in future
base and media interest built up feel of rich impasto found in the works. We live in a world where
over his 20-year career. original series. He also talks of digital formats increasingly preserve
When you stand before a Mark his work becoming more perfect, the moments that make up our
Evans piece there is a tension at more beautiful, more
MARK
play – the viewer is compelled deft. His big cats and his
both to move back to take in the tiger with golden eyes,
full spectacle and to get up close created during lockdown
‘HE WORKS
ENTIRELY WITH
EVANS
to explore the miniature world of are attracting a growing
carving, chiseling and shaving, female collector base.
mesmerised by the incredible Mark Evans thinks
STRONG, BEAUTIFUL,
lightness of touch that creates deeply about the world EXPRESSIVE LEATHER,
such impact. and his awe-inspiring
WORKING THE SURFACE
M ark Evans is an artist who
defies classification. He works
Creatively, he finds himself
drawn to the muscular, the heroic
technique frequently
serves as a vehicle for OF THE MATERIAL WITH
to a monumental, epic scale, creating and the fierce. His polo players, his
boxers and his wildlife are visceral,
social commentary. His
banknote series, started
AN ARRAY OF SCALPELS’
works that enthrall audiences with
magnetic pieces that leave an in 2005, several years
their power, their drama and their imprint long after the gaze moves before the financial crisis reveals collective memories. But we also
virtuoso technique. on. It is not surprising that he cites him as an artist who is often several risk losing those memories in a
Delacroix as a non-conformist steps ahead of the world. The world where formats and hardware
markevans.studio worthy of our respect. But he also series also saw him perfect a new quickly become obsolete – named
refuses to be pigeon-holed, moving technique, almost three years in the ‘bit-rot’ by internet pioneer Vint
Instagram: @markevans.studio
making, penetration-dyeing and Cerf. The concept of digital vellum,
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surface-tanning the proposed by Cerf in his 2016 TED
leather, creating full- Talk is one that fascinates Evans and
colour etched pieces which he intends to explore.
for the
first time.
There is a
toughness, a
durability to a
Mark Evans work
that comes from
the leather hide
that goes into its Next
creation. There is
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& Co Ltd
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Locally-sourced bovine hides are treated Brands that buy from Andrew
on site over a fifteen-month period – the know that they can rely on
longest of any tanning process - using the tannery to advise and get
only natural and sustainable ingredients. involved if required, at any point
Everything used is British and part of in the subsequent making, such
a circular approach. The end result is is their knowledge of how their
beautiful full grain aniline leather that leather responds and performs.
is made into high-value items including The Parr family takes pride in
shoes, bags, equestrian accessories and their sustainable practices, using
other luxury goods. hides that are locally sourced,
Colours are subtle and discreet, by-products of the Devon beef
never bright or vulgar; light, mid and industry that is on their doorstep.
dark browns and tans that bring out the The bark comes from coppiced
full, natural, tactile beauty of a material British oak that is sustainably
that ages like a fine wine, developing a harvested and left to grow back
character and patina, unique to each item. from the same plant. Quarried
Indeed, the painstaking Derbyshire lime and water are
process of making leather in used at the dehairing stage and
this way is not dissimilar to once completed, the lime is
creating an outstanding vintage spread on local fields where cattle
Pictured: wine or cold-pressed virgin olive graze. The bark that is left from
Andrew Parr
oil – there are no short cuts, no the tanning process is dried and
compromises. This integrity and allowed to decompose over
J & F.J. BAKER
respect for the method, honed a three-year period until it
by generations of experts, means becomes a peat-like material,
‘INTEGRITY AND that J. & F.J. Baker oak bark sold to local gardeners.
RESPECT FOR As the world starts to
& CO LTD
tanned leather will always be
better than anyone else’s. rediscover and appreciate
THE METHOD, Andrew Parr belongs to that traditional, sustainable ways of
producing, businesses like J. &
HONED BY rarified breed of connoisseurs
F.J. Baker that used to feel left
J
whose knowledge and instinct
. & F.J. Baker is a place steeped
GENERATIONS for their craft is second to none. behind are now at the vanguard.
in history and tradition, the last He describes the best oak bark A history lesson that is now
practitioner of a very British craft, and
OF EXPERTS’ tanned leather as ‘smiling’ when teaching and inspiring future
Photo by www.otzilondon.com
made into a case or bag. He can generations.
pretty much unique worldwide. From its
‘AS THE WORLD tell in an instant, simply by the
location in a small town in rural Devon fold, the grain, the glow and the
with a 20-person team it produces
STARTS TO weight of a leather item
REDISCOVER
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if it is tanned by J. &
a material of the utmost luxury, in
F.J. Baker.
demand from the most exclusive brands AND APPRECIATE He talks with pride of
and makers globally. That material is TRADITIONAL, how the family business
continues to make the
the highest quality, oak bark tanned SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF leather that goes into
leather made lovingly using age-old the boots worn by the
MAKING J. & F.J. BAKER
techniques in a tannery run by sixth and Horse Guards outside
seventh generation tanners. ARE NOW AT THE Buckingham Palace
to specifications that
VANGUARD’ pre-date the battle of
Waterloo. A material
jfjbaker.co.uk that is sword-proof, with the grain
side worn inside, so that any hack Next
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mark can be boned and removed Warriner
from the outer.
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WARRINER
Pictured: Katy Warriner is fastidious about understanding has changed the way people
Katy Warriner
where every item she uses in the making process feel about consumption and
comes from. Be that the leather itself - which she sees a movement building
comes from local grass-fed cattle - the flax used that recognises the importance
LEATHER WORKS
in her waxed linen thread, or the brass or sterling of growing and making locally.
silver buckles in her belts and dog collars. She is With this comes a resurgence
hugely respectful of the materials that she uses in traditional crafts and slow
in the making of her items; transparency and making, a rediscovery of our
responsibility are bywords to her approach. collective heritage, looking
Katy founded Warriner Leather Works in backwards so that we can create
2016 after a twelve-year career directing creative a better, more responsible
teams behind some of the UK’s best-known future. She is playing her part by
festivals and a stint set-dressing film sets. That educating, sharing her research
was preceded by studies in marine science and into leather traceability, working
environmental law and several years spent living with farmers to correct the
in Mexico and Central America. disconnect between fashion
But the haunting vision of Liv and farming.
Tyler on a white horse in Lord of Buying from Warriner Leather
the Rings and her own passion Works is a wonderful, personal
for riding and its beautiful experience. Whether buying ‘off
accompanying leather saddlery the shelf’ or discussing a bespoke
was a constant in her life. So item, you’ll have an inspiring
much so that she decided leather encounter with one the UK’s most
was to be her destiny and took passionate leather makers.
herself off to train in leather-
making. Katy describes it as
an awakening, an immediate
realisation that she’d found what
she wanted to spend the rest of
K ‘WHEN YOU BUY
aty Warriner’s covetable bags and other her life doing.
Her style combines classic
leather items are lovingly handmade in FROM WARRINER
saddlery techniques with a
her Devon workshop. She uses only vegetable- modern twist – hints of her years
organising festivals can be seen
LEATHER
tanned, British bovine leather, supplied by
the UK’s last surviving traditional oak-bark
in some of her more informal WORKS YOU’RE
designs including the Fernworthy
tannery, J.&F.J. Baker, just 25 miles away in Tote, the Vixen Tor Handbag INVESTING IN A
Colyton. Leather that is slowly tanned in this and the Buckland Belt. Her bags HIGH-QUALITY
blend categories - a satchel
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way using responsibly-sourced British oak PRODUCT THAT
borrows design cues from the
bark, produces gorgeous earthy tones that messenger bag and vice versa.
The practical Foragers Gardening
LASTS A LIFETIME
allow the natural features of the leather to
shine through. When you buy from Warriner
Trug happily doubles up to carry BUT BECOMES
everything needed for a picnic.
Leather Works you’re investing in a high- Her meticulous hand-stitching is
MORE BEAUTIFUL
quality product that not only lasts a lifetime but strong and practical as well as WITH AGE’
beautifully decorative; echoes of
becomes more beautiful with age; it’s the very
her love of saddlery born as
epitome of slow fashion. ‘HER STYLE COMBINES a child learning to ride are never
far away.
CLASSIC SADDLERY Katy Warriner believes in
warrinerleatherworks.co.uk Next
TECHNIQUES WITH A living gently, making as small
Instagram: @warrinerleatherworks
MODERN TWIST’
an impact on the world as she
can. She believes the pandemic
Georgina
Brett Chinnery22
‘LEATHER IS THE
MEDIUM OF CHOICE
FOR GEORGINA’S
SCULPTURAL NATURE
WHICH SHUNNED
ANYTHING FLAT,
PREFERRING PATTERNS,
TEXTURES AND RELIEFS’
onto the birds themselves. The Victorian homes. In her practice
technical challenge of creating she makes the occasional foray
something so light, so airy, out into producing highly decorative
of something so durable and leather coverings for one off items
GEORGINA
Her love of taxidermy and
resistant as the vegetable tanned of furniture.
Victoriana can be seen in much
bridle leather that she favours She is now on a journey to
of her work, not just in the birds
drives the artist in her work. The learn, practise and preserve
BRETT CHINNERY
she creates – often crows and
dark, brooding corvids that have traditional leather-making
magpies - but also in her hugely
become her calling card have an techniques. Whip-making is a
popular dressmaking dummies
incredible iridescent patina, and a dying craft in the UK, and one
covered in gorgeously lavish
similar virtuoso sense of colour is that Georgina is studying so that
hand-tooled leather. Her mirrors
also seen in her playful, colourful she can incorporate the principles
in a studded black leather frame
A
kingfishers and macaws. into the organic snake-like,
rtist Georgina Brett Chinnery or an intricate laser-cut form
Self Reliance 2, part of her braided forms that she has been
creates sculptural, poetic pieces in intense vermillion leather,
Bird Brain series, is a life-size experimenting with. She is also
resembling a fiery autumnal
that transfix with their uncanny likeness heron, gilded with white gold dedicated to teaching others,
leaf, bring high art to this
leaf, that was shown at the Royal passing on her own skills to future
to the birds and other creatures that everyday object.
Academy’s Summer Exhibition in generations of artists.
she is clearly fascinated by. She Georgina’s work possesses
2019. It was a year-long creative Georgina will continue to
incredible delicacy and precision.
uses beautiful leather hides that she process that saw the artist battle exhibit at home and overseas.
She talks of spending months
the natural resilience of leather, She can be contacted directly
transforms by a skillful metamorphosis practising making bird feathers
racking up countless sleepless for commissions.
of moulding, embossing, tooling, gilding out of leather well before moving
nights, in an effort to re-create
and painting. The result is an artform the graceful yet distorted curve
of the bird’s neck. She works by
that has incredible energy and realism;
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creating a metal armature that
her vision is beautiful, sometimes she builds her structure around, ‘HER LOVE OF
unsettling, occasionally whimsical. dampening and bending the
TAXIDERMY AND
leather in a painstaking process
before she starts the process of VICTORIANA CAN
decoration and embellishment.
georginabrettchinnery.com Working with leather was
BE SEEN IN MUCH
Instagram: @leather_artist something that came to pass OF HER WORK’
naturally; it was the medium of
choice for Georgina’s sculptural
Pictured:
Georgina Brett
nature which shunned anything
Chinnery flat, preferring patterns, textures,
reliefs and the opportunity to Next
Photo by Alun Callender
emboss, mould and carve.
She also takes her inspiration Grady +
from leather wallcoverings and Robinson
screens once found in wealthy24 witness the highest standards of
animal welfare and responsible
Photo by Jason Lowe
ecological practices. With that
came a commitment to utilising
all parts of the animal, yet the
hides disappeared within a
commoditised supply chain that
is disconnected from farms. This
gave birth to the idea of creating
a source of leather that is truly
connected to place.
Grady + Robinson secure their
hides from farms that are certified
by the Pasture-fed Livestock
Association or the Savory Institute
– two bodies that are dedicated to
raising animals on pasture in high
happening with leather as people welfare conditions with ecological
want to know how the animal has management practices. Working
been raised and what its impact with some of the UK’s craft
is on the environment: the story tanneries that use traditional,
behind the bag, the purse, the vegetable tanning techniques,
shoes or leather jacket. Grady + Robinson supply finished
The partnership between the
Their idea to provide designers bovine and sheep leather that
two women was solidified in
with leather that aligns with can be traced to its farm origins
2020 and unites Sara’s previous
agricultural practices.
GRADY +
work in ethical, sustainable their values grew out of Alice’s
experience while studying fashion The two women are already
farming practices in the US and
design, searching for a source of making ripples in an industry
Pictured: the UK, with Alice’s background
Alice Robinson leather she could be confident that is ripe for change. Alice
and Sara Grady in fashion design that explores
came from farms with ethical and Robinson is returning to her
ROBINSON
the connection between leather
ecological practices. Her resulting design practice; she is part of a
goods and livestock farming.
Photo by Jason Lowe
work garnered a reputation wider disruption sweeping the
The result is a formidable
as a pioneer demonstrating industry. She talks of rejecting
knowledge base and a vision to
sustainable, responsible farm-to- the cycle of regular collections
connect leather to regenerative
fashion design practice. and making only when she
A
agriculture; they are bringing a
lice Robinson and Sara Grady traceability approach with deep Her MA at the Royal College of knows there is a demand for her
are pioneers. They have created Art saw her continue this journey. creations. Together Sara and
integrity to leather supply in the
Her collection 11458 was made Alice are creating a new business
a traceable supply chain to produce UK. There is already real appetite
with the materials and fibres to offer traceable leather to other
for their product from makers
leather entirely from British livestock and craftspeople as well as major of one sheep (sheep number designers, including custom
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that is reared according to the 11458) from a farm close to her finishing for brands that require a
brands and designers.
childhood home in Shropshire. particular style. Their enterprise
principles of regenerative farming. We live in a time of questioning
She inverted the conventional will meet the demand for leather
how the food we eat is farmed
approach to design, allowing that is traceable to exemplary
and produced. The same is now
Instagram: @alice.v.robinson the animal and the materials it agriculture and expresses the
@saragrady provides to dictate her output, guiding principles and passion
rather than the other way that both women bring to
round. The result is a collection, this initiative.
‘OUR VISION IS TO acquired by the Victoria &
Albert Museum in 2020, that
CREATE LEATHER includes woollen clothing and an
FROM ANIMALS RAISED incredibly stylish handbag, wallet
and shoes in a buttery pale tan
ON FARMS THAT ARE sheep leather. Next
REGENERATING LAND Sara’s experience in Owen Barry
regenerative farming and
AND ECOSYSTEMS’ agriculture in the US saw her26 design aesthetic that’s been right
under our noses all these years.
Owen Barry’s extensive ‘NOTHING SAYS
sheepskin interiors range includes
some of the company’s most
COSY WEEKEND
in-demand items. Gorgeous MORNINGS IN
OWEN
cocooning Sheepskin Beanbags
in a range of natural tones are
BED LIKE THE
showstoppers, especially when COMPANY’S GIANT,
BARRY
executed to the size of a four-
poster bed as requested for a
REVERSIBLE QUAD
bespoke order! And nothing SHEEPSKIN BED
says cosy weekend mornings in
bed like the company’s giant,
THROW’
reversible Quad Sheepskin Bed
T here’s a new found pride
and renaissance in British
manufacturing, but some businesses
Throw made in sueded British
shearling in a rich blue or
natural cream.
Owen Barry’s in-house
have been tirelessly flying the flag for The tannery has long since design team also makes it a
generations. One such example is Owen disappeared, but a deep strong player in sheepskin and
understanding of and obsession leather fashion and accessories,
Barry, the Somerset-based family firm
with using the very best quality selling under its own brand as
that mother and daughter duo, Cindi sheepskin and leather for Owen well as creating for some of
and Chas Barnstable were born into, Barry’s extensive interiors, the UK best-known designers.
fashion and accessories ranges Its reversible sheepskin gilets
and which boasts a “made in Britain”
lives on. The company designs and jackets matched with cosy
heritage dating back to 1948. And its and makes every single item from gloves and scarves are perennial
roots in the leather industry go back its workshop in Street, Somerset, favourites. Its brilliant range of
exporting a significant share of sheepskin hats, from beanies to
further, to the late 1800s when great, production to customers in the trappers to buckets in fun colour
great, great grandparents Walter and US, Japan and Korea who value combinations means you’ll never
Amy Barry ran the first tiny Barry its ‘made in British’ provenance be stuck for a fabulous gift idea.
and the timeless luxury of And its huge variety of leather
family tannery in Wiltshire. its ranges. and sheepskin bags, nigh on 100
In recent years Cindi and Chas styles, without factoring in the
have steered the businesses range of colourways available,
in building its ‘made in Britain’ can feed even the largest
owenbarry.com
brand, not just overseas but handbag obsession. Check
Instagram: @owenbarryltd increasingly at home, tapping into out the teddy bear-like Yate
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the growing appreciation of the Sheepskin Tote, you’ll thank us!
outstanding craftsmanship and Quite simply when you
purchase an Owen Barry product
you’re buying into generations
of expert British craftsmanship
‘WHEN YOU PURCHASE and know-how, delivering a
AN OWEN BARRY quality and longevity that are
second to none. This is why the
PRODUCT YOU’RE company has a growing interior
BUYING INTO designer clientele, working on
luxury interiors briefs, as well as
GENERATIONS OF shoppers buying direct or from
Pictured:
Cindi and Chas EXPERT BRITISH the number of premium retailers
and designers that Owen Barry Next
Barnstable
CRAFTSMANSHIP’ manufactures for. Spire Leather28 Pictured:
Peter Bird
A growing number of local organic
farmers are coming to Spire, keen
to see the hides left as a by-
product of their operations, often
specialist breeds, made into an
item of their choosing – a leather
covered chair, for example. This
is something that Peter Bird and
his team are keen to support.
In the near future the tannery is
looking to introduce a range of
responsibly produced ‘hair-on’
hides, a practice that has more
or less disappeared from the UK,
but for which there is growing
demand as producers want to
ensure that every part of their
animal has a use and provides
SPIRE
Fashion designers and other Spire’s ‘craft’ tannery ethos, an additional product line to
makers head to Spire, inspired means that it provides the same their sales.
by the huge variety of leathers on service and technical know-how On Peter Bird’s busy agenda
is the idea for a small range of
LEATHER
display, everything from bovine, to every customer, regardless of
to deer (sourced from a local whether they are buying a small finished leather items that the
game butcher), to horse and piece of leather for a one-off tannery will sell directly to the
water buffalo, wherever possible fashion assignment or placing a consumer or through bespoke
from sustainable, traceable much larger, commercial order. retailers. But one of the projects
sources in the UK. Whether they Peter Bird is seeing a younger, closest to his heart has been
P eter Bird, Spire’s managing director
is well placed to sense a change
in attitudes towards leather. He runs
are looking for a specific leather
to be made into floor tiles or
other interiors project, a soft
increasingly well-informed
consumer who is driven by a
desire to buy responsibly, drawn
a commitment to reducing the
environmental impact of Spire’s
operation in recent years. His
horse leather to be made into to Spire because their leather is ambition is to see this culminate
one of the UK’s smaller tanneries, set a skirt or a quirky leather for a clearly traceable, a by-product of in the tannery recycling all of the
up in the mid-1800s in Chesterfield, pair of bespoke shoes, they all farming or related industry. It is water it uses.
know that Spire leather is made a generation that wants to create
producing high-quality leathers
with genuine care, born of a something beautiful, long-lasting
for many different industries. He’s craftmanship built over more and sustainable rather than
expecting the post pandemic years to than a century. seeing an animal hide disposed
be some of the best the company has
of in landfill or burnt. They know ‘SPIRE LEATHER
that as long as meat is consumed,
had since he became MD in 2018. IS MADE WITH
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hides will exist.
The incredible diversity
of leather produced in this
GENUINE CARE,
traditional British tannery sees BORN OF A
spireleather.co.uk it supplying for the production
of top-quality cricket balls,
CRAFTMANSHIP
Instagram: @spireleathercompany
equestrian straps and gym BUILT OVER MORE
hand straps. The historical re-
enactment community would also THAN A CENTURY’
be lost without the very specialist
leather made by Spire. Motorbike
jackets and other British leather
goods are also made using the
company’s products. Next
Charles Laurie
London30
‘AN APPROACH Pictured:
Charles Laurie
Today, Charles Laurie’s discerning accessible collection is made from a
clients appreciate his outstanding combination of nubuck and a cotton
THAT COMBINES craftsmanship and his modern take canvas lining with durable Tuscan
BEAUTY, QUALITY, on timeless classics: rounded edges; vegetable tanned straps.
a subtle twist on the classic handle As well as his bi-annual
PRACTICALITY AND or strap; a pocket or compartment collections, Laurie undertakes
THE OCCASIONAL in an unexpected position; stunning bespoke projects, relishing the
Photo by Emma Lee
combinations of colours such as challenge that clients bring his way.
WHIMSICAL DETAIL’ the black leather matched with Rather than drawing out his designs,
burgundy suede pigskin lining in his he creates prototypes in a sturdy
beautiful, slim Handle Folio coveted felt which he ruthlessly cuts away
by men and women alike. at or adds to as part of the making
These are the hallmarks of a process until both he and the client
Charles Laurie creation, an approach are satisfied. And it is the
that combines beauty, quality, fiercely practical demands
practicality and the occasional that Laurie thrives on: ‘SADDLERY RUNS DEEP IN
whimsical detail. Laurie’s creations a business leader who
HIS VEINS, TRACEABLE
CHARLES
are always discreet, whispering hot-desks globally and
rather than shouting their pedigree. who needs a bag that TO A FAMILY-OWNED
Laurie’s first collection, launched both holds an array of
WORKSHOP IN OXFORD
LAURIE
in 2018 was two painstaking years electronic items and
in the making. It saw him seek to allows everything to be STREET IN THE 1800s’
reinterpret classic case and luggage seen and retrieved in an
items, using only the finest British instant; a chef who wants
LONDON
saddlery leather for his handles and a box built in an unusual leather type He plans to focus on developing
straps, complemented by Tuscan to house a recipe collection built future collections, to further
leather for the body in a range of over years. build his bespoke practice and to
gorgeous rich colours. In 2021 he A move from London’s Cockpit potentially dip his toe into creating
E
launches his second collection, Arts, a business incubator for interiors items.
choes of Charles Laurie’s forebears
further building his signature classic craftspeople, to his own studio in an But Charles Laurie is serious
can be seen in the strong, beautiful meets modern style, and aiming old grain store just south of Rutland about giving back and supporting
leather found in his bags, cases and to appeal as much to a female Water in early 2021, marks the next the industry that allowed him to
luggage. Saddlery runs deep in his veins, as a male audience. This more phase in the Charles Laurie story. reignite the family tradition. He
traceable to a family-owned workshop plans to pass on his skills by training
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the leather-makers of the future,
in Oxford Street making in the 1800s
building a small apprentice team,
harnesses for carriages drawn by six in recognition of his good fortune
horses, the Ferraris of their time. in having apprenticed for one of
London’s finest leather goods
manufacturers. The desire to keep
the craft of leather alive burns bright
charleslaurielondon.com in Charles Laurie.
Instagram: @charleslaurielondon
Photo by Patrick Williamson Photography
Next
Joshua Millard
Photo by Emma Lee32
‘BRINGING THE Pictured:
Joshua Millard
His reputation lies in his skill in environment of the Dorset landscape
combining textures; shearling that is his constant influence.
ETHICS OF and leather with different fabrics When you learn that Joshua
CLOTHING TO within a single tailored garment. Millard comes from a Dorset
His renowned tweed and shearling sheep farming family, you begin
THE FORE’ biker jackets or tweed shepherd’s to see those subtle influences
overcoat with leather detailing are in his designs. He talks of cold,
brilliant examples – both available rainy mornings on the farm where
as made-to-measure. His fluffy practicalities of layering texture and
tigrado shearling shrug with suede fibre constantly feed into his work to
detail back, worn casually over a this day. And his love and knowledge
dress, shirt or jumper, is dreamy of a wide variety of different sheep
yet practical. He also produces a breeds drives his use of shearling
range of cushions that combine and underpins his
houndstooth tweed with leather responsible, respectful,
panels in a range of tans, Bordeaux slow fashion philosophy. ‘HIS REPUTATION
and greens. Joshua Millard is on
But the brand is best known for a mission to bring the LIES IN HIS SKILL IN
its made-to-measure offering and ethics of clothing to the COMBINING TEXTURES;
Joshua Millard the designer clearly fore, from fair pay to the
SHEARLING AND
JOSHUA
relishes the opportunity to engage environment and animal
with clients who visit him at his store welfare. His belief system LEATHER WITH
and workshop. He dedicates time guides him in creating
to understanding their lifestyles and contemporary but
DIFFERENT FABRICS’
MILLARD
what makes them tick, so that the enduring, high-quality
encounter and resulting creation pieces that are not subject to the drive transparency. Growing up
becomes a collaboration that not vagaries of rapidly changing trends with an understanding of a farm
joshua-millard.com animal’s life cycle and seeing the
only reflects and endorses a client’s and avoid fanning the flames of
Instagram: @Joshua.millard shocking waste of skins, a by-
J
personality, but also their lifestyle. overconsumption. If that places him
oshua Millard’s store in
He celebrated his clients in a recent outside the fashion industry, then product of the meat industry, sent
Soho, London, complete ad campaign using them as models that’s fine by him! to landfill after slaughter, means
with workshop, welcomes a in a series of honest, unfiltered He is also serious about aiming that he is keen to promote the
loyal clientele of women who images, nestled within the natural to source his beloved sheepskin and use of leather and shearling as a
leather as close to home as possible, sustainable, responsible, enduring
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adore his luxurious yet refined
even exploring the role the family and biodegradable choice.
tailored style. And while farm might play in supplying skins Yet none of this should lead
Millard has extensive training in for the brand’s use, in an effort to one to assume that the Joshua
classical tailoring, his aesthetic Millard brand is a worthy one.
While he professes to being tired of
is anything but traditional, with
fashion, he grew up with an artistic,
designs that demonstrate a bohemian mother who never shied
lightness of touch, clean lines away from individuality through
and movement. her style and character. To this day
she serves both as informal style
consultant and muse, providing the
kind of no-nonsense feedback that
ensures Joshua Millard is a designer
who understands how to dress
real women.Baa Stool Ltd (page 6) Mark Evans Studio (page 16)
INDEX
Colomendy industrial estate, 13 Vale Park, Email: studio@markevans.studio
Rhyl Road, Denbigh LL16 5TA Web: markevans.studio
Tel: 01824 790882 Instagram.com/markevans.studio
Email: info@baastool.co.uk
Web: baastool.co.uk Martina Spetlova (page 4)
Facebook.com/BaaStool Cockpit Arts Studio 208
Instagram.com/baastool 18-22 Creekside
Pinterest.co.uk/baastool London SE8 3DZ
W
Email: martina@martinaspetlova.com
e are Leather UK. Since 1908 we have been Charles Laurie London (page 30)
Unit 4 Picks Barn, North Luffenham Road
Web: martinaspetlova.com
instagram.com/martinaspetlova
the trade association in the UK promoting, Lyndon, Rutland LE15 8TY
Tel: 01572 827 770 Owen Barry (page 26)
protecting and connecting this great British Email: charlie@charleslaurielondon.com
Web: charleslaurielondon.com
No.3 The Tanyard, Leigh Road
Street, Somerset BA16 0HD
industry, at home and abroad. We bring together Facebook.com/charleslaurielondon
Instagram.com/charleslaurielondon
Tel: 01458 442858
Email: info@owenbarry.com
every part of the leather supply chain, from Georgina Brett-Chinnery (page 22)
Web: owenbarry.com
Facebook.com/owenbarrysomerset
tanneries to designers and everything in between. Tel: 07958 611910
Email: georgina@georginabrettchinnery.com
Instagram.com/owenbarryltd
Twitter.com/OWENBARRYOB
Our lobbying activities ensure we are heard by Web: georginabrettchinnery.com
Instagram.com/leather_artist Spire Leather (page 28)
government, both nationally
Facebook.com/leatherartcraftmanship Clayton Street Tannery
Twitter.com/Leather_artist Chesterfield, UK S41 0DU
and internationally. Grady + Robinson (page 24)
Email: sales@spireleather.co.uk
Web: spireleather.co.uk
Email: alicevrobinson@gmail.com Facebook.com/spireleathercompany
Leather is a sustainable, beautiful product and we are proud of the work Instagram.com/alice.v.robinson Instagram.com/spireleathercompany
Email: ladysaragrady@gmail.com
that we do. We support the industry and also provide expert information Instagram.com/saragrady Tania Clarke Hall (page 8)
to the media and consumers about any aspect of leather. This is a wide- Studio E6, Cockpit Arts
Iseabal Hendry (page 10) Cockpit Yard, Northington St
ranging service, from how leather is made, its sustainability credentials, Email: hello@iseabalhendry.com London WC1N 2NP
Web: iseabalhendry.com
to where to find an expert leather artisan to make a bespoke item, or Instagram.com/iseabalhendry Tel: 07792 935463
refashion a favourite leather piece. linkedin.com/company/iseabal-hendry/ Email: tania@taniaclarkehall.com
Web: taniaclarkehall.com
Education and addressing misinformation is an important part of J. & F.J. Baker & Co Ltd (page 18) Facebook.com/TaniaClarkeHallJewellery
our role. Our website hosts a wide range of factsheets and videos in Hamlyns, King Street Colyton Instagram.com/tania_clarke_hall
Devon EX24 6PD
addition to the Leather UK Directory, a repository of people, businesses, Warriner Leather Works (page 20)
Tel: 01297 552282 Tel: 07455 974742
events, training courses and other sources of information. We also work Email: info@jfjbaker.co.uk Email: warrinerleatherworks@gmail.com
with education faculties to support and develop the next generation Web: jfjbaker.co.uk Web: warrinerleatherworks.co.uk
Instagram.com/bakerstannerycolyton Facebook.com/warrinerleatherworks
of leather technologists and design and fashion students. Through our Facebook.com/bakerstannery Instagram.com/warrinerleatherworks
two industry trust funds, leather practitioners can apply for awards for
Joshua Millard (page 32) Welsh Organic Tannery (page 12)
industry-relevant training to further their careers. Our promotion of 1 Marlborough Court, Soho, London W1F 7EE Henllan Amgoed, Whitland SA34 0SE
leather craft and involvement in the development of training in leather Email: enquiries@joshua-millard.com Tel: 07966 470421
Web: joshua-millard.com
and leather goods manufacture is vital in developing the next generation Instagram.com/joshua.millard
Email: info@welshorganictannery.co.uk
Web: welshorganictannery.co.uk
of makers and leather manufacturers. Instagram.com/welshorganictannery
Karl Donoghue (page 14)
We put businesses and people in touch with each other, in addition to 14 Cube House, 5 Spa Road
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hosting regular events and other networking opportunities. London SE16 3GD
Press contact: Viktoria Fulop
Tel: 020 7231 0101
Email: viktoria@karldonoghue.com
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Linkedin.com/company/karl-donoghue
Contact details
Leather Trade House, Kings Park Road
Moulton Park, Northampton NN3 6JD
Tel: 01604 679999
Email: info@leatheruk.org
Web: leatheruk.org
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