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 […]
Thinking ahead
Leather is losing out around the margins to competitive materials. It may not feel important but in due course it will make it hard for tanners to sell all the grades profitably and the top end will not generate enough income to cover the bottom. Look at what others are doing. Icebreaker are a wonderful […]
Chinese consumers
At this year’s All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai anyone checking the traffic on the streets saw fewer black stretched Audi A6s than in the past. This is a good thing. Many in our industry assumed that the extravagant purchasing that included upmarket motor vehicles and fancy luxury goods would continue to accelerate in China […]
More Trade Fairs – relentless
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Transit to Lineapelle If you are going to Lineapelle this week the visit the University of Northampton in Hall 9 Stand P5. If you are a lost alumni it is time to check in. If you think you might be eligible for an honorary degree this is getting close to […]
Water is not the best tool for tanning
It feels like we have been trying to replace water as the vital fluid in tanning fir decades. Dyeing with the Swiss Multimac machine was just a typical example of many ideas intended to avoid leather having to processed in an aqueous bath. The patent for this was applied for in 1986. I last saw […]
Restarting the Museum of Leathercraft
POSTED ON JULY 18, 2014 The Museum of Leathercraft All of the Honorary Leather Graduates at this week’s ceremonies studied last century and some come from the days when leather teaching in the UK had three Campuses. Leeds University, Leathersellers in London and Northampton. It was in the 70s when they all got combined into […]
Its All in the Name
The big news capturing headlines in the leather industry in the last week has been man made beef burgers. Pretty ugly things with added blood of unborn calves and all sorts of taste and colour modifiers. More importantly and much closer to market is the 3D printing of a fibrous collagen material that has come […]
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