The Nature of Handmade

MATERIALS USED

 

NZ Leather Patches:

With a mindset to reduce the amount of textile waste produced, our signature leather patched are hand sourced in Auckland from industry offcuts. Our conscious choice to repurpose these offcuts, gives our patches a new lease of life. 

Hand sourcing our leather as offcuts, means we have limited colour batches of leather. While we try to restock our core colours as closely as possible, there will naturally be some slight variety in colour and grain pattern between colour batches. 

As an effort to keep as much as our manufacturing here in New Zealand, our patches are proudly kiwi made. We work with local businesses in Auckland to die cut and emboss our patches, which helps support local craftsmanship in our community.

 

Straw Baskets:

All our straw baskets are meticulously handmade in Morocco by local artisans. They are authentic, and with authenticity comes variety. Each basket will vary in size.

Our baskets are handmade from natural fibres making each one perfectly unique. Each basket will vary slightly in straw colour and weave density. These characteristics showcase the authenticity of handmade goods with every cal-ver basket being unique.