Glaser Designs Blog

Hand-grained, hand-finished natural leather Litigation Bag

Glaser Designs — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:44:27 +0000

Hand colored, hand-grained, black, all-leather flaptop bag

Glaser Designs — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:21:09 +0000

We dye our hand-colored bags with colors we mix with Noodler’s Ink®. While there are various mechanical procedures by which tanneries add grain to the leather’s surface, we prefer to grain the leather of our hand-colored bags by hand. Hand-graining the skin adds an extra dimension of color, softens it, enhances its ‘hand’, and elicits grain patterns that are most subtly revealed by handwork. Our transluscent hues highlight, rather than mask, the characteristics of their unique substrate. As the vegetable tanned, open-range leather oxidizes, its evolving russet tones mix with those of our hand-dyed colors contributing complexity to the patina of your bag. Please click image to see details.

Hand-colored, hand-grained, all-leather flaptop bag

Glaser Designs — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:40:59 +0000

Sienna-ochre-espresso-aubergine hues. We hand-color the skins in our studio using Noodler’s Ink® fixing the color with our proprietary finish. We hand-grain the skins in the original way rolling them to and fro with curved boards. Please click image to see details.

Soft Attache top-down showing top pocket and small stuff organizer.

Glaser Designs — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:32:23 +0000

Please click on image to see details.

A Soft Attache

Glaser Designs — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:50:58 +0000

Hand-burnished espresso saddle leather. Please click image to see details.

Tri-material tall Travelkit

Glaser Designs — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:44:28 +0000

Natural leather with hand-colored teal fabric. Please click image to see details.

Glaser Designs Tri-material Duffel Bag

Glaser Designs — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:35:43 +0000

Weighs under three pounds. This one has black saddle-leather trim. It is also available with natural, hand-grained, open-range leather as well as hand-colored leather with hand-colored fabric.

Hand-colored, hand-grained, Square Duffel

Glaser Designs — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:56:39 +0000

The first all-leather style hand-colored with Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink. Please click image to see details.

New Designs in Process

Glaser Designs — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:40:33 +0000

Recent examples of our new series of made-to-order, hand-colored, tri-material, flaptop bags. There are many color options in this series.

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Hand-colored, hand-grained skins – what they look like.

Glaser Designs — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:18:11 +0000

Before and after (in reverse order). We hand-color vegetable-tanned, open-range leather (a by-product of the food chain) in our studio with Noodler’s Fountain Pen Ink. (Please call to discuss color and materials options.) Each of these hides is hand-grained and softened by our repeatedly folding the grain’s surface to and fro many times in multiple directions. In addition to hand-graining and hand-coloring this leather, we have created a proprietary finishing process which includes layering solvent-free, cosmetic quality, natural oils and waxes to assure the colorfastness and enhance the natural characteristics of the skins. The finished skins have an ancient look because the manner in which the leather is tanned and the way in which we have finished them is … ancient … open range, grass fed cattle, bark-tanned skins, water based hand-applied colors, hand-grained surfaces, hand-finished details – this is the way natural skins were hand-dyed and finished in the centuries prior to industrial production: one at a time, each made to order. Please make an appointment to visit our virtual showroom to learn more.