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Julián Sañudo

  • Sañudo Artesania en Cuir
  • Leather embosser
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Master Artisan
Julián Sañudo Leather embosser
Contact
Spanish, Catalan, English, German
Hours:
Monday to Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Phone:
+34 934236236
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Tied to leather

  • • Julián learned the trade from his parents
  • • He works with hand tools
  • • He makes leather mosaics on wood

Julián Sañudo is the second generation of craftsmen in his family. When he was just 12 years old, his mother taught him to emboss Celtic knot designs on the bags she made. He found it challenging, but customers were delighted with his engravings and bought the bags. "At that moment, I saw that there was something magical, something special about this work. Something worth exploring," says Julian. His specialty is engraving with punch dies on vegetable-tanned cowhide leather. On leather surfaces, he expresses his imaginary universe that he transforms into paintings. In addition, he spends 60 percent of his time working on customised projects for different clients.

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Works

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Myths XVIII

This wall piece is made of vegetable tanned cowhide leather on a wooden base. The surface has been stamped by hand with cold stamping iron dies. Engravings are highlighted in black while the colour of the overall piece is cognac.

Length 28 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Height 40 cm

Photo: ©Sañudo Artesania
Myths XX

This wall piece is made of vegetable tanned cowhide leather on a wooden base. The surface has been stamped by hand with cold stamping iron dies. The engravings are highlighted in gold while the colour of the overall piece is black.

Length 50 cm
Width 9 cm
Height 50 cm

Photo: ©Sañudo Artesania
Myths XXI

This wall piece is made of vegetable tanned cowhide leather on a wooden base. The surface was stamped by hand with cold stamping iron dies. Engravings are highlighted in black while the colour of the overall piece is cognac. The leather has a mineral, black tourmaline set in the centre.

Length 64 cm
Width 8 cm
Height 64 cm

Photo: ©Sañudo Artesania
Sargantanes XII

This wall piece is made of vegetable tanned cowhide leather on a white wooden base. The surface was stamped by hand with cold stamping iron dies. It features lizard shaped engravings in black and white with a striking single red one.

Length 62 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Height 74 cm

Photo: ©Sañudo Artesania
Sargantanes XIII

This wall piece made of vegetable tanned cowhide leather on a white wooden base. The surface was stamped by hand with cold stamping iron dies. It features lizard-shaped engravings in different shades of red, green blue and natural leather.

Length 130 cm
Width 10 cm
Height 60 cm

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