Live Demonstrations @ fiveleft leather

Fiveleft leather will be offering live demonstrations during the Culture Crawl. At scheduled times they will unveil some of their crazy implements that crank, pound, and sew pieces of leather that become parts of the fiveleft collection.

This year fiveleft leather will be offering live demonstrations during the Eastside Culture Crawl. At scheduled times they will unveil some of their crazy implements that crank, pound, and sew pieces of leather that become parts of the fiveleft collection.

For eight years fiveleft has been creating all the textures and colours on the surface of their leather. Join them as they showcase some of the magic.

Live demonstration schedule:
Thurs, Nov 20 – 7:00pm
Fri, Nov 21 – 7:00pm
Sat, Nov 22 – 1:00pm, 4:00pm
Sun, Nov 23 – 1:00pm, 4:00pm

About fiveleft leather:

Fiveleft leather marries sleek modernism with rugged saddlery tradition by combining our distinct finishes with innovative sculptural designs. All of the production is done by hand in our Vancouver, B.C. studio.  Many of the tools we use are over sixty years old and the roots of our techniques go back even further.

 

We use only vegetable tanned leather for our leathergoods. This type of leather is derived from the ancient tanning process of soaking cowhides in vegetable tannins (tree bark). Today the hides are cured with mimosa extract, and unlike chrome tanned leather, this process uses very little toxic chemicals and leaves the leather rigid and ready to be ‘tooled’. We source our leather from a small family run tannery in the U.K.

 

All the surfaces of our leathergoods are fashioned by hand. We make impressions on the leather with recycled objects: bicycle spokes, hood ornaments, and bolts. Then we mix and apply dyes that highlight these textures. Our hand wrought finishes render very unique pieces where no two are alike.