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REAL, WORN LEATHER

MATERIAL SURFACE FINISH; NATURAL

FINISH DESCRIPTION REPLICATION PROCESS
1. 2.
Used filler primer
Real leather has a warm orange/ brown tone to it. Worn leather has many lines and veins
that run through it where the material has been continuously folded or used over time. for the yellow
undertone.
RATIONALE BEHIND CHOICE +

Worn leather has a unique intresting look as no two pieces are the same. Each hide will be
similar but it is worn in different ways depending on its user. The replication does is not neat Spraymounted
which is an intresting idea when finishing a model, very individual. string to create
the veins.
ATTRIBUTES/ TECHNICAL SPECS

• Water and Staining resistant from the finishing process.
• Durable, Strong 3. Painted with a fan brush to dab
on light and dark patches of paint.
• Very soft to touch and Flexible

APPLICATIONS + SAMPLE IMAGE

• Clothing and handbags
• Sports equipment
• Footwear
• Saddles
• Furniture
• Upholstery
• Tools

MANUFACTURE PROCESS
Final swatch

Animal Hide is prepared for tanning by hair removal, bating, bleaching, and pickling. It is revealed when
soaked in tanning “liquor”. This tanning processes the protein in the hide to increase the string is removed.
chemical and microbiological stability. Prevents the hide drying out and becoming hard
and inflexible.
Crusting process thins, lubricates and colours leather. Crusting is a drying and Paint created
softening operation by adding chemicals. Then finishing can be added to improve it is depth and the
water resistance. Usually mink oil or neats-foot oil which improves its lifespan dramatically. string kept some
of the unertones.
I tried to pain on
the veins at first
but the lines
were too harsh.