Layering Japanese colors on leather

Leather has an original color.

By layering colors on top of that, new expressions are created.

What Has has focused on is not just the texture of the leather.

Color is also an important element that creates the beauty of leather.

Has uses vachetta leather, which is made in Italy using traditional methods, in many of its products.

The leather is finished with plenty of oil, which takes more time and effort than regular tanned leather, and the more you use it, the more it becomes glossy and deepens its expression.

Has layered colors on the leather using his own senses.

We do not simply create colors such as "red," "blue," and "green."

What I'm aiming for is a color that somehow reminds me of Japanese landscapes and sensations.

For example, Has expresses **"SOU-KOKU"**.

The image there is

The forest before the sun sets.

At Has, we dye our leather by hand while envisioning that scene.

I can't say it's bright or dark.

Its appearance changes slightly depending on how the light hits it.

Just like colors in nature, they have a depth that cannot be expressed with just one word.

Rather than covering the leather with a uniform color, the colors are layered while preserving the leather's original grain, shading, and texture.

Therefore, even if they are made in the same color, each piece will have a slightly different expression.

And the color doesn't end the moment it's completed.

touch your hand.

Bathed in light.

Over time.

As the leather itself changes, the color also gains luster and depth.

Leather making has been passed down in Italy.

On top of that, colors born from Japanese landscapes and sensibilities are layered.

Things grown in different regions are transformed into a single leather product through the hands of Satoshi Hidaka.

For Has, color is not just for decorating leather.

While looking at the expression of the leather,

What color can bring out its beauty?

What color can you choose for a long time in your life?

With this in mind, I create a color.

Layering Japanese colors on leather.

There is a way of dealing with leather that is unique to Has, which goes beyond just using the material as is.