Inspired by leather

Leather is a natural raw material. Some tanners use this as an excuse to avoid quality change, frankly speaking animals as a living subject definitely have marks from their life. Brand marks scars and growing wrinkles show how the animal lived and the older or more experienced it has lived, the denser and deeper, these marks be seen. That is why younger or well treated animal makes a more valuable leather.

The leather with defects is regarded as lower grade and would be heavily correct, buffed, embossed and heavily covered with finishing to make it suitable for manufacturing of leather articles. Or simply being tanned or disposed. As an end-user we seldom see such leather.

Some people with a taste of nature may admire at trees with knots or irregular bark appearance, or raw stones with strange shape and colour. They may select these kinds of natural materials as a decoration or transform themAi??to furniture which are more meaningful and give a second life to the tree or stone.

Leather can be even more creative. We can actually make use of scars and marks as surface design for specific leather article. This might create some unique and tasteful products. At lease plastic or imitated leather cannot substitute.

However we need to follow certain rules. Firstly the scars or marks should happen before the animal having been killed. If they are caused by bacteria infection or mechanical damage after the hides pulled, that is meaningless. Secondly the production of this type of leather should be serious and perfect.

All the distinguished qualities should be fulfilled. Suppleness, touch, colour and physical properties should even be better than high grading Leather. Also the design and usage of the finished product should be good considerate to highlight and immerge leathers unique faces.

Lastly there is still one point of view, maybe in a philosophical way: some people nowadays also consider much at the living condition and mental status of the animal, although they kill them, eat them and make use of the skin at last anyway.

Animals being kept in a ranch have more free and happy life. They can run wildly and choose their food.Ai??At the same time they may have more serious wounds and scars like some naughty children.Ai??If an animal with very fine and perfect skin appearance, it is no doubt that is was kept in a prison without freedom. If people can think in the angle of animals, maybe they also have different standard to view leather.