Comments on: Handmade Portraits: Sunny Rising Leather

By: MoonlitCraft

MoonlitCraft — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

Why can’t people …
Why can’t people put aside the leather issues and just appreciate this woman’s talent? She is very talented and is using the hide to create beautiful things people will have forever. It’s not like she’s wasting the hide.

By: CygnusX1X1

CygnusX1X1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

Enlighten me. How …
Enlighten me. How is my reasoning self-serving and shallow? Please re-read my comments, you will find I never made suggestions regarding recycling. People that subscribe to the idea of animals being exclusively raised & killed for high end jackets as ethical and react with disdain for people using hides from the food industry for their art / craft as inferior, are self-serving and shallow as well as typical hypocites! But, do tell me how I am wrong in my simpleton logic.

By: CygnusX1X1

CygnusX1X1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

When I read your …
When I read your original post, I thought you were more concerned that Sunny was not using recycled leather sources. You state that you would not buy from someone using new leather. But in your last comment you make it clear that you have purchased a leather jacket that the source leather was from a dedicated farm that grew animals exclusively to be killed for their high end skins. So you are a hypocrite that likes to suggest to others what to use irregardless of your personal choices.

By: AkevittApekatt

AkevittApekatt — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

Your reasoning is …
Your reasoning is self-serving and shallow. What should I do with it then? Earlier you suggested that throwing waste leather away would be wasteful. Needless to say non-waste leather shouldn’t be thrown away, either, under your reasoning. I subscribe to the same thing. Way to lose the point, though.

By: CygnusX1X1

CygnusX1X1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

Oh now I understand …
Oh now I understand! Here I thought you were concerned about recycling or the definition of if leather was a by-product. The reality is that you appreciate leather from animals specifically grown at high end farms to make exclusive name-brand jackets from high end hides to sell in name-brand fashion boutiques. Sunny will be relieved to know she can continue to use the leather she selected for her projects. Your high end leather is not appropriate, suitable nor necessary for her uses and needs!

By: AkevittApekatt

AkevittApekatt — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

I would love that …
I would love that but simply: Slaughterhouses have a vulgar turnaround that lends not to wearables & fine leathers such as the immaculate hides sold by leather specialists. Generally, meat byproduct leather is used for “everything else” in fashion, & the like. Clean, pure hides come from special farms and are for a market independent of food. I own a jacket made with leather Chanel uses in pret a porter/HC. It is from a private farm in Tuscany and this is representational of the fine leather mkt

By: CygnusX1X1

CygnusX1X1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

Actually leather IS …
Actually leather IS STRICTLY a BY-PRODUCT. To clarify my previous comment, leather is a by-product typically from cattle, pigs, kangaroos and an ortment of similar animals. The majority of these animals are slaughtered for their TASTY meat. The leather is from their processed skins which are then USED in the shoe, fashion, furniture, luggage industries as well as the arts, interior design, book binding and hundreds of other professions and applications. Like it or not this will NEVER change.

By: AkevittApekatt

AkevittApekatt — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

I throw away very …
I throw away very little from recycled suitcases & other leather goods (jackets, shoes). Usually those things are seams, cheap inner liners (nice ones can be used), and plastic/metal reinforcement spines—the last of which I can recycle in my normal household recycle bin. Zippers & hardware can easily be recycled in creative ways if you have the inclination to put your mind to it. And no, leather is not strictly a byproduct. Wish it were but that’s just not the truth. Thought over, but thanks!

By: CygnusX1X1

CygnusX1X1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

The type of leather …
The type of leather crafting represented in this video cant be done using recycled leather from suitcases or similar items. Raw vegetable tanned hides must be used just like the one she selects in the video! Yes the skin IS a by-product of the beef, shoe, fashion, furniture and many other industries. If it were possible to “Reclaim” the leather form your proposed suitcase example, then what do you do with the rest of the suitcase? Throw it away! You Enviro-Wackos need to “Think it over”!

By: redtailedboaz1408

redtailedboaz1408 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:51:21 +0000

very nice work and …
very nice work and the video was very well made