Veg tan leather
Tanning is the process through which the animal skin is transformed into leather.
Vegetable tanning is the centuries old way of achieving this with natural organic products such as extracts of oak, mimosa bark and other trees, and natural pigments.
From this a beautiful leather is produced, perfect for handcrafting into bags, wallets, belts, backpacks etc. Veg tan leather is also ideal for hand dyeing which creates unique pieces every time.
Vegetable tanned leather, using only natural tannins, has no negative environmental impact.Due to the careful tanning process and the natural tannins, vegetable tanned leather develops a rich and beautiful patina, and actually gets better with time and use.
At Wild Savana, we love veg tan. The way it softens with age, the fun had experimenting with new colours through hand dying, the smell and the way it can be transformed into something we know our customers cherish for years.
