After planting a seed, the earth beneath your feet can only work so well without water. Our designs and continued progress for better leather goods has become the source of water that brings life to our visions. A continuation of new and old construction methods have began to produce a unique look that in turn has become the core of our Design Culture. In this picture we see a laser cut sheet of leather ready to be primed, burnished and sewn. Each process is just as important as the next. From thought to Pencil and Paper, to a complete product. Each of our products is Designed, laser cut, dyed, and sewn by me, ensuring the highest quality in material and craft.
Most ideas are not born with a light bulb above my head, but conceived as more of a melt of hundreds of ideas. Derivative believes that nothing in this world is original, everything is a derivative of something else. One giant strand of design dna that sparks hundreds of other ideas. The influence of Matisse's Joy of Life painting is evident in other famous artists like Picasso. This brings up the question- what else did this painting influence, inspire? Has this painting inspired an child that went on to become a video game developer, who then creates a video game that was subconsciously influenced by this painting he saw on a wall. We can never truly quantify the effects that it has had in this world, but it begins to show how deep an idea can go.
This sketch is the idea that started it all. A bagpack that becomes your companion on your everyday journey. A bag that will last you a lifetime if you care to have it for that long. Like most of my designs they start like this, with a pencils and paper, and of course a cup of coffee.
This time around I am in the process of completing a contract for the leather patches of a denim company. I will post up some updates next week.
This journey started not with the idea of starting a leather goods company but more with the goal of starting a craft. The idea of creating something I could hold. I have trained as an architect, and much of that has been in this digital environment where you cannot test your final design. I needed to create something that combined my artistic drive and my technical tendencies. Leather working came to be a good medium. Welcome to my journey as a modern leather craftsman. I blend modern techniques and old traditions to create unique handcrafted leather goods. Welcome to our site.
