and changed the way people worked with leather forever. Transforming natural raw hides into the most supple material is an intricate process, one that needs careful attention at every stage to ...

The process involves tanning the animal hides to preserve them and create a durable material to apply them from clothing to ...

"The tanner's role is to pick these hides off of the doorsteps ... most green place to process leather," said Chase Hawkins, vice president of sales, residential upholstery, at Optima Leathers.