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Colin Jones, Vegetable Tanner and Educator

January 25, 2016

Stack of books

A brief look at the career of Colin Jones; vegetable leather tanner and educator who would be pleased to see the resurgence in vegetable tanning.

Filed Under: Vegtan history Tagged With: education, leather sector

New Uses for Vegetable Tanned Leather?

November 5, 2015

Vegetable tanned leather applications; footwear, interiors, automotive

A look at three new uses for vegetable tanned leather- or are they new?

Filed Under: Applications Tagged With: automotive, featured, footwear, interiors, vegtan

Romance of leather at Richard Hodgson and Sons

August 7, 2015

BFI Romance of Leather

A look back at working life producing leather at Richard Hodgson and Son Ltd tannery in the 1960s by Michael Redwood.

Filed Under: Tanning process Tagged With: hand fleshing, hand scudding, Hodgson's tannery, leather yard, tan pit

Location of Leather Making and Tanning Extracts

July 31, 2015

How the development of tannin extracts affected the location of tanneries and leather production.

Filed Under: Tannins Tagged With: acacia, bark, chestnut, leather industry, oak, tannery, tanning process

The G7 Promote Vegetable Tanned Leather

July 13, 2015

A close-up of brown leather

Generally speaking you would think that in these modern times the craftsmanship skills upon which modern manufacturing has been built have been lost in the rush to robots and services that the world seems to delight in. So it astonishing to think that we can write a headline that even suggests governments get the message […]

Filed Under: Sustainability Tagged With: carbon footprint, G7, long-lasting, methane, traditional skills

Leather Artifacts from a Tudor Ship

June 17, 2015

Circular round arrow holder

The wonderful leather finds from the Tudor ship – The Mary Rose

Filed Under: Vegtan history Tagged With: long-lasting, vegtan

Vegetable Tanning at the Hong Kong Leather Fair

May 12, 2015

Header showing APLF 2015 details

The view from the Hong Kong Leather Fair and how the vegetable tanned leather sector enjoyed success.

Filed Under: Events

The Colour Tan

March 9, 2015

How forest puddles and tea relate to natural leather and the tanning process and the prevalence of the colour tan.

Filed Under: Tanning process Tagged With: colour, featured, forest, hemlock, oak, tan, willow

Thoughtful Consumers and Vegetable Leather

February 10, 2015

From tans from sustainable forestry, to leathers that age well, vegetable tanning is the new standard bearer for all that’s good about the modern thoughtful consumer.

Filed Under: Sustainability Tagged With: consumer, craftsmanship, featured, frugality, long-lasting, patina, vegtan

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