Bonded leather

#41 Through her research Raw Narratives realized the wide field of recycling possibilities looking especially into leather’s natural properties. #salone2015

When we talk about leather industry, it’s impact on environment is great. And the fashion industry is among the ones that produces the biggest part of finished leather waste.

Through their research Raw Narratives discover that the field of recycling possibilities is very vast and they were especially drawn towards leather’s natural properties. Each type of leather brings along a story, but most importantly a natural behavior usually hidden behind our own visual understanding of the material.

Iva Dinulovic, Candleholder and Vessels — Raw Narratives, Candleholder and Vessels

Through this project Raw Narratives are mainly interested in exploring and combining these natural properties and behaviors with different manufacturing processes. Through extensive research they discovered that different types of leather when treated with specific moisture, heat and pressure, creates natural bonds that not only transform the material, but gives it properties of other materials as well.

Iva Dinulovic, Pencils — Raw Narratives, Pencils

Most importantly, no bonding agents have to be used in order to create different leather laminates. We were also investigating old processes such as Cuire builli and a typical handcraft work used with leather and looking into new ways of employing them.