A conversation with Deborah Moore, CEO of Dents.
A good pair of gloves protects our hands from the elements and look fabulous, but they are beyond warmth and fashion. Gloves have been around for millennia, and have symbolised, over that time,…
An interview with Robert Ettinger, Chairman, CEO and owner of Ettinger.
Let us fast forward the history of leather – the ultimate raw material of millennia, when since prehistoric times each evolving civilisation has enjoyed both its durability and aesthetic qualities, in terms of…
Interview with Andy Oldfield, Founder of The Fringe Workshop, Derbyshire.
Ever since reading the romantic, yet brutal, novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy at school, I had been fascinated by, one could say, the similarly romantic, yet brutal, craft of stonemasonry. The…
Interview with Peter Bellerby, founder of Bellerby & Co.
One could say that it must be more destiny than coincidence that less than 10 miles north-west of Greenwich – the globally recognised ‘0’ meridian – and the British Maritime Museum, housing the…
Interview with Phil Abel, Founder of Hand & Eye Letterpress.
Letterpress printing is in my blood, yet I am ashamed to say I know very little about it. My grandfather worked in a letterpress printers from the 1920s until the late 1960s, from…
An Interview with Seiichiro Mizuta from Echizen; knifemakers since 1337.
The Chino River, in Fukui-Prefecture, has been carrying iron-rich earth from the surrounding mountains into the sea since the Japanese islands were formed millions of years ago. However, around 700 years ago this…
Interview with John Hunter Lobb, Chairman of John Lobb.
It could almost be a fairy tale… ‘Once upon a time, a crippled young country cordwainer from Cornwall called John Lobb sought his fortune in the city of London, only to be spurned…
Interview with Grace Horne, founder of Grace Horne Knives.
Knives and knife-making have traditionally been seen as a male domain – with knives being perceived, in popular culture, as weapons, or symbols of aggression. However, the knife to most of us is…
Exploring the ancient craft of Italian pewtering with Cosi Tabellini.
It you are anything like me, most of the time you see, hold or use something and it doesn’t really cross your mind as to how it was made; it’s just an extremely…
An Interview with Daisuke Tajika from Tajika Haruo Scissors Works.
The iconic image of a father and son sitting back-to-back, silently working together forging handcrafted tools in their traditional workshop exemplifies the Japanese tradition of passing down, through the generations, technical expertise and…
