Having a dialogue with a piece of leather.

Making leather products involves deciding on a shape and cutting the leather accordingly.

That's not all.

Has's manufacturing process begins with looking at a piece of leather.

Each piece of leather is different.

Color.

Shiny.

Shibo.

Tiger.

Softness.

And how it feels when you hold it in your hand.

Even if the leather is of the same type and color, no two leathers have exactly the same appearance.

That's why at Has, we don't just treat leather as a "material", we look at the individuality of each piece and think about the most beautiful shape to make it.

Which one should I use?

Which direction should you cut?

Where should I draw the curve?

Where should I fold and where should I overlap?

With a piece of leather in front of me, I search for the answer.

It may be like deciding on a shape while questioning the leather.

At Has, we handle everything in-house, from planning and design to cutting, dyeing, processing, and sewing.

If you only consider efficiency, there is a way to separate each process.

Even so, each process is connected in one place.

There's a reason for that.

The person who came up with the design looks at the leather.

The person who sees the leather cuts it.

While touching the cut leather, I make the finished product.

Even if the process changes, we never lose sight of the ``expression of this leather'' that we first saw.

The decisions you make regarding a single piece of leather will lead to the end.

And sometimes you can figure it out by actually moving your hands.

The lines that you thought were beautiful in your head don't come out the way you want with leather.

Depending on the thickness and softness of the leather, a different expression than you imagined may appear.

In such cases, instead of forcing the leather to match the design, we reconsider the shape while looking at the material.

The quiet curves seen in Has products and the surfaces that make great use of leather.

They are not the result of imposing a predetermined design onto the leather, but rather are born from facing the material.

Look at the leather.

touch.

Think.

Then move your hands.

As this process is repeated, a piece of leather gradually takes shape.

Having a dialogue with a piece of leather.

Rather than erasing the individuality of the leather, we listen to its voice and search for the most beautiful shape.

Has's craftsmanship, which involves everything from planning to finishing, involves a way of dealing with materials like this.