Artisan Makers
Ethical Leather Design
Leather, Needle, Thread
Owned and operated by Esther Keen, a skilled leatherworker who works exclusively with humanely farmed and vegetable tanned leather from the UK and EU. Esther predominantly teaches bag making workshops and has developed a range of DIY leather bag making kits.
Exclusively Sustainable Leather Working
Our Artisan Leather Makers
We choose to work with Leather Needle Thread because their way of working is so closely aligned with ours. Slow fashion, sustainable craftsmanship. Introduced to us by British Pasture Leather, they share our belief that materials should be treated with respect and purpose. Leather, Needle, Thread are proving that thoughtful design and sustainable sourcing can help shape a more responsible future for British leathercraft.
Esther Keen
“I constantly have new ideas for ways to make my business more innovative and sustainable. One is working with an upland cattle farm to produce leather goods from UK tanned leather. I love the possibilities this brings of reducing carbon footprints.”