Product Description
Fish Leather | Leathercraft material | Lava | Glacier
Leather working supplies, fish leather pieces tanned in Iceland. Every piece is different size but very close dimensions.
Salmon leather size:
Wide near head 11+ cm(4.3 inch) Length: 60cm+ (24 inch)
All our Salmon and Cod fish leather derive from fisheries and farming industries that have got a third party sustainably accreditation. For the Cod, this accreditation is called MSC certification (www.msc.org) and for salmon it is both Global Gap (https://www.globalgap.org) and ASC certification ( www.asc-aqua.org ). These three standards are known around the world as the leading sustainability standards for fish.
This is a sustainable product. Fish-leather is a by-product of the fishing industry in Iceland, produced by up-cycling RAW material that would not be used otherwise and using renewable hydro and geothermal energy.
The lining and bits is from leather off-cuts from my studio. I don't send anything to waste.
Fish leather has a natural cross-fiber structure, unlike cattle leather for instance, in which the fibres only run in one direction. This natural cross-fiber pattern makes fish leather stronger then "ordinary" leathers, when compared with the same thickness of leather.
Fish-leather ages beautifully!
