Every once in awhile, a project comes along that sounds like too much fun to pass up. When a recent customer contacted our art department with the challenge of creating custom distressed leather hand bound books entitled "It Only Takes One," for the clothing company Cult of Individuality, we jumped at the chance to produce something beautiful.
You may not know that leather can be naturally distressed (i.e. if a cow had a scar, chances are the scar shows on the leather hide), or it can be distressed by hand. We honestly didn't know how difficult distressing leather would be! We started with this rich and supple charcoal leather.
In order to achieve the right look, our art director Alison went through some rough and tumble with the leather in our gravel parking lot.
This might not be the traditional leather distressing method, but the results were stellar:
Throw in a drill press, hand sewn binding, and French folded pages, and Voilà!
Needless to say, we were all very proud of the art department when the books were finished.
If you are in need of a custom leather book, or you're looking for some other examples of Distressed Leather Journals or Photo Albums, give us a buzz. We can't take on every custom project, but we're happy to listen and as always, happy to help!
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