Make it properly and don’t cut corners with cheap chemicals and badly maintained machinery. We may class leather as a renewable resource – up to a point – but it is costly and valuable. Longevity really matters for the image of our product and for especially when compared with competitive materials like plastics. As a […]
Rediscovering Portugal
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2015 Portugal with ICLT Over the last ten years I have become very identified with the University here, even although my involvement has always been part time and quite marginal. It is odd as it means I get identified as an “academic’ whereas all my career has been factory based and […]
A future to get excited about
For those of us who were at APLF and heard the Vice Chancellor’s major statement on the move to the new Campus the excitement of the potential for leather in Northampton has been growing. While it is easy to get depressed by the last fifty years of relentless Northampton decline in the 20th century the […]
A Creative Hub with teaching and learning for leather and fashion, with history attached
POSTED ON JULY 7, 2015 A future to get excited about For those of us who were at APLF and heard the Vice Chancellor’s major statement on the move toF the new Campus the excitement of the potential for leather in Northampton has been growing. While it is easy to get depressed by the last […]
Leather creates jobs. Vital in a growing world trying to eradicate poverty
POSTED ON MARCH 3, 2015 Not just jobs, but good jobs Last Wednesday the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies (ICLT) was packed with students listening to chemical companies from Holland and Germany, to SATRA and the BLC plus a team from Aston Martin talking about careers in leather. An additional group including Lear (who have […]
Fair environmental boundaries for leather
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2015 Getting to the meat of it Leather never lives in isolation. Most often we think forward to the shoemakers and craftsmen making articles of leather or even more likely to the famous brands that market those products at price levels that make us cringe when we think of the margins […]
Now plants want in on the act
We had a house in Plymouth Mass fifteen years ago when an eatery opened called Roadkill Cafe. It caused some amusement but soon closed. Now in the same US state under the name “petite mort” a young artisan is making exclusive fur articles from roadkill. An interesting discussion on the subject has been opened up […]
The Power of the Glovers (remember the hashtag)
If you know about hashtags in social media there is only one to watch for a week or two and it is the #glovers It has to be linked to another for this period which is #ytfc since this refers to Yeovil Town Football Club. Anyone involved in the glove trade and many in the […]
Learning never ends
This has been a week of travel and of learning. Time and again I discover that when I teach or present I live just as much or even more than my audience. This week more than most. One of my undergraduate groups at Bath University gave brief presentations of their project work. There are a […]
Continuous learning
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2014 The Importance of Education In the rush of the modern world we all argue about the importance of education but often do not actually value it enough. It is not the qualification which matters so much as the understanding that goes with it. Time and again we hear that companies […]
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