Jacobo Ramírez has a small artisan workshop in La Carolina, Jaén. He was able to turn his hobby, leather, into his own company. In 2008 a client ordered him a watch strap, he uploaded it on the Internet, and specialized in the design and manufacturing of this complement. The designs of Jacobstraps are sold in […]
José Manuel Domínguez, from Valverde del Camino (Huelva), grew up surrounded by the smell of leather and the sounds of buckles. He is a leather artisan and a saddler. His hometown has a tradition for these trades, which have been developed by his family for generations in their workshop, Artesanía Berrocal. He is the third […]
Juan Luis Casillas, an artisan from Ubrique (Cádiz), was the first leather worker to receive the Artisan Mastercard from the Andalusian Government in 2012. He has worked in his workshop for decades. He began to work in this trade when he was 14 years old, and started his own business at the age of 21. […]
The life of Manuel Morillo, one of the founders of Arte 2, changed the day he met his master Antonio Rodriguez, a virtuous leather craftsman who taught everything he knew before he passed away. Today, Manual and his partner Alberto export the cordovans and ‘guadamecíes’ they manufacture in their workshop in Osuna (Seville) to countries […]
