From lawyer to leather craftsman, Gustavo Annoni found his true calling at 29, when he started a course on making leather bags. He learned by creating his first collection in his apartment and selling it through social media. His success led him to found his own leather workshop, Annoni Bag, a global brand that now sells bags to people across the globe.
Gustavo designs and creates pieces that are made to last. His clients value the philosophy, craftsmanship, and classic design of his work. His bags and leather products can be found on his website, social media, and at his workshop in Palermo, Buenos Aires.
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Lili Storella is a leather maker based in the USA. Growing up, she was always interested in drawing and expressing herself through making things. She went on to study drawing professionally and received a degree in graphic design. From there, she worked as a graphic designer for eight years before discovering her passion for working with leather.
Lili began making small items for family and friends, but soon turned her love of leather craftwork into her own brand, Mila.jito. She now sells accessories like bags, passport holders, belts, and watch straps around the world and shares her creations with over 50K followers on Instagram.
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Christina Roth is a leather goods manufacturer based in Salzburg, Austria. In her workshop, she makes leather products to order and also repairs and recycles old pieces. After setting foot in a saddlery workshop for the first time, she was fascinated by the sound of the old wooden floor and the smell of leather. Initially, she took up this art as a hobby, but later turned this passion into a profession and began traveling the world to learn from the best bag makers, including Tsuyoshi Yamashita in Japan.
By handcrafting with traditional saddlery stitching, she is keeping an ancient craft alive, and her factory is currently the only business in Austria that trains an apprentice in this profession. In addition to the recognition her work receives in the media, Christina is also an ambassador for this unusual profession and participates in several television programs, collaborates as a jury member in competitions, and gives lectures and workshops.
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Beth Dow is a multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer and craftswoman who splits her time between digital and physical works of art from her studio in Minneapolis. She has a Masters of Fine Art in Photography.
Beth has taught leatherwork at the Penland School of Crafts and North House Folk School, and she also teaches photography and leatherwork at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. She sells hand-made goods through her shop, Fieldwork Goods. Beth’s photography has been shown in several museum collections and exhibitions across the US and China.
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Leanne and Nick Polidore, the creative minds behind Hemlock and Hyde, have established themselves as masters of leather craftsmanship. With their unwavering attention to detail and a passion for blending heritage quality with contemporary shapes, they have garnered recognition and success in the leather-goods industry.
Through their leather-goods business, they design and hand-make bags that reflect their love for structure, art, and functionality. Leanne and Nick's work has been featured in renowned publications such as Philadelphia Magazine and Philadelphia Business Journal, and their creations have been sold in prestigious venues like the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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