Leathers carved with all kinds of patterns like grass and flowers, mountains and lakes, birds and beasts and various tattoos are hanging on walls and sitting on shelves at a workshop in Changchun, ...

Jia Hongwei outlines a pattern to carve later at his art workshop in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Blooming flowers, galloping horses and spectacular mountainous ...

Jeremiah Colladay admits somewhat sheepishly that he doesn't fit the description of an outdoorsman who lives on the frontier — despite the rugged leather accessories inundating his workshop that he's ...

SINGAPORE – As a child, Ms Jean Toh learnt sewing at her grandmother’s knee. “I like being able to see whatever I am making come to fruition. And it is therapeutic as well. When you’re working with ...

Wang Huaimin, a 65-year-old leathersmith in NE China’s Jilin city, fell in love with the art of leather carving when he was young. Then he began to learn how to create this art himself and made ...

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