I was born in the states, but have lived in Japan for about 15 years now. I've been doing leatherworking for the last 6 or 7. I started selling a lot of products via word of mouth last year, and have since been trying to strive towards that 'perfection' that seems so prevalent online. I also do a lot of woodworking, and metalworking, and am starting to get into machining (having recently gotten a lovingly used 2ton metal lathe). I especially enjoy things that mix the mediums that I like to use.
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Very nice way to repurpose it.
my favorite examples of it are the Niwa made for his daughters each one picked rainbow colors.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhgWMBgn6lf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= And
https://www.instagram.com/p/7OUaTyipp3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
It's funny that you ask about that. The bags are called Randsoseru and are used from grades 1 to 6 in elementary school. The reason it's interesting is that about a month ago, my neighbor brought over two and asked if I could make something out of the ones her kids used to use.
One was over twenty years old and the leather was unfortunately very cracked (and even flaking off). I just finished making a coin wallet out of the other one, and I made it in a design inspired by those backpacks.
The red leather on the outside was cut from the outside flap of the backpack. The inside is a waxed Japanese leather.
Thank you for sharing a bit about your leathercraft journey. Japan is somewhere I'd love to visit one day!
It's great to have you here and please enjoy the Forum.
Philip
wow, that’s great. Have you seen the Japanese leather backpack that School kids have , when they finish school ,some people have the backpack repurpose, the leather is used to make other items for them .