Handcrafted Leather Storage Tray
How it is made
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Jacques’ Atelier in Paris
In the heart of one of Paris’ oldest neighbourhoods, le Marais, the atelier from Jacques hides in the courtyard of a former monastery from the 14th century. Jacques works in the atelier since 2003. His Franco-Japanese girlfriend recently created a little outside garden for him.
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Selecting the leather
Jacques sources his leather from French and Italian tanneries that specialise in vegetable tanned leather. Before he starts working on an object, he carefully chooses the leather, striving to take the most beautiful part whilst at the same time creating as little unused leftovers as possible.
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Cutting the leather
He places the pattern on the leather and cuts it by hand. This stage requires concentration and precision.
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Creating edges
To be able to plead the storage tray’s edges, Jacques lightly cuts into the leather and then reduces its thickness.
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Embossing the leather
To mark the collaboration, Jacques embosses the Savadi Maison logo into the leather with an ambos.
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Finishing the edges
The edges of the storage tray are rounded thanks to a leather beveller and then polished with sand paper.
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Punching holes
To connect the four sides of the storage tray Jacques punches holes into the leather endings. This step will allow inserting a leather band to hold the piece together.
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Folding and connecting the leather
Where the marks have been made, the leather is folded upright and the leather band passed through the holes, making up the walls of the storage tray.
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Pairing of the leather
To harmonise the edges where the leather band meets, Jacques reduces the leather’s thickness. This is first done by the help of a specialised machine and then finished by hand.
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Spawning the leather
To prepare for the sewing the leather band to the walls of the storage tray, Jacques utilises a diamond chisel to stitch the marks. This tool allows creating holes that are clean and consistent.
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Sewing the leather
To finish, Jacques stitches the leather band and the walls of the storage tray together by hand. This last step allows connecting all parts of the storage tray and providing it with sturdiness.
