Looking at the records written about the magnificent gloves of the 16th and 17th century that we find in museums throughout the world we often marvel at the gauntlet style with the large cuff displaying fabulous embroidery, gilt threads, jewels and all manner of fringes and tassels. Anyone with half an interest in dress, fashion, craftsmanship or materials […]
Tanning has been built on social purpose
As tanners we often accept that in the past we were a polluting industry. We are users of offal so as cities began to worry about sanitation we were classified amongst the “nuisance trades”. This meant we were classed amongst a group that worked closely with butchers that included soap makers, tallow candlers, bone […]
Robert Sykes 1929- 2018
POSTED ON OCTOBER 11, 2018 Dr Robert Sykes OBE. Defining the Leather Industry of the 20th century In 1994 Robert Sykes, who sadly died on the 5th October aged 89, called me and asked if I would be willing to talk to the International Council of Tanners about “Branding Leather” at their annual meeting in […]
The Leather Law
There is a lot of talk these days about the definition of leather. Legal Definition, BS 2780 (1983) Definition In the UK a definition of leather is set out in the British Standard Glossary of Leather Terms (BS 2780) and this definition is used as a guide in applying consumer protection legislation such as the […]
Marketing is about the stories that you tell
POSTED ON AUGUST 13, 2018 Getting you story right Today I was delighted to be observing the Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers being awarded a Fellowship of the University of Northampton at their July Degree ceremonies, to the obvious delight of their Chancellor, The Rev. Richard Coles who grew up locally in a […]
Heading to Japan
After a week in Shanghai at the All China Leather Exhibition a trip to the traditional area of Japan (watch this video to see what I am going to be looking for) is quite contrast. Being in Shanghai at this time is to be absolutely at the leading edge of the commercial and technical changes […]
Lobbying and facts around methane
POSTED ON JANUARY 7, 2016 Keeping Goldfish to save the planet? When the EU social partners COTANCE and the European trade union, IndustriALL meeting took place in Glasgow last December to discuss the future of the European Leather industry Federico Brugnoli, Consultant from Spin 360, made the point that the amounts of money put into […]
Leather is a “rare thing to be treasured”
First published in ARS Tannery One wonders whether when people got really hooked on writing on parchment hundreds of years ago there was an outcry about there not being enough raw material being left for making garments? Where would all the raw material come from if the parchment industry took it all? No one, after […]
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 […]
This is the year to focus on the tannery and the product
This article was first published in ARS Tannery It is hard to imagine that we are half way through the second decade of the new century. While in many ways little appears to have changed that would be a misinterpretation of reality. There have been a number of fundamental shifts. Most of all for the […]
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