Z.SYMONDS

The entire making process uses hand tools exclusively - each piece is hand cut, hand bevelled, hand edged and hand saddle stitched. Saddle stitching takes longer to do by hand than with a machine, but the result is superior in every way - it's stronger, more flexible, and lasts longer than a machined stitch. The leather is hand selected by me from finest quality Italian vegetable tanned leather, sourced from the Tuscan vegetable tanning consortium... Zoë Symonds is a designer and maker of small leather goods. Each piece is hand made from start-to-finish at her workroom in Rye, East Sussex.