Author: Alf

First little about braidings. Most people know well to braidings through that womans hair gets braided, in what is  a flat braiding with three strands. And think not more over it. But this type brading is of unknown age and origin and have follow with in the civilization development. The first humans in history as […]

 It’s of course great that Norilia, a subsidiary of *1 Nortura  have get themselves a *2 new commodity stock for hides and skin in Skjeberg in Østfold. It supersede the old stocks in Bergen and Fredrikstad. The new stocks was opened as long ago as 22 august 2012. Or two year after that*3 Borge Garveri […]

‘Chrome tanning’ she said, when we got to talk about the magazine Lær, Sko og Skinn, ‘ you must write about chrome tanning, it pollute rivers and kill the fish’. ‘Yes, yes, I replied, it can probably be right, but I do not run a protest magazin’.  And the thought that many potential reader and […]

“To draw” it  is said “is to see”. Ie; the world around oneself  through the pencil strokes. You study a item or what it may be on that way. And leather crafters/artists reflects well sometimes  over about to draw. At least when you stay there and want to transfer a motive or pattern on leather […]

It happen a little here and a little there – global – concerning leather craft and art – and it must be a great result one day of it all,…but….probably if it’s wanted and something is done for it. What is important to do must each make up his own mind about. I believe one […]

“I never knew Jim Manning from elsewhere than the book “Leather” by Willcox and Manning. And I have had the book with me in my workshop for 35 years, soon. And it feels sometimes like it’s a part of it all. And I belive I’m not alone about it”                                                                      red Jim Manning in momento. Since […]

This article build on a article in The Euro*pean Leather, Shoe and Hide, Nr. 2, 2012. It was a tendensy among some leathercrafters in Europe in the years of 1990’s by the union Leder-Gilde E.V. and members of the guild to make a kind of leather art and craft shows. The arrangement in the years […]

This article build on a article from the paperversion of The Euro*pean, Leather, Shoe and Hide, Nr.1-2012. It happen perhaps to all of us that we sometimes  turns into the statement about leather as a material “as once have been alive”. As it should be something unic about it or particular for leather and leather […]

(This article build on a article in the paperversion of  The Euro*pean Leather, Shoe and Hide, Nr.2, 2011). Anyone else than the undersigner as think it looks like the world whent down (under) and out this year?. A year as promised so much conserning leathercraft!. Perhaps is’t only the distance as the undersigner see it […]

This article have it’s background in a campaing called Leather Naturally Campaing. Information about it is to find on Internett; www.Leather Naturally Campaing org. The campaing as is a big industry initiativ is leaded of the british proffesor Mike Redwood. It’s in the starting point a important campaing in a time with the wind of […]