Oil tanned fish leather

Ethical Making

Experiment

Heritage

Research

Sustainable

Traditional

Oil tanned salmon skin. The material is soft but can become even more soft and flexible if put in cold water. Then it stiffens up again when dried. Made using non-toxic processes and leftover materials from the fishing industry.

Material

Composite
Experimental materials
Leather

Craft

Leather-working
Tinkering

General Technique

Combining
Constructing
Structural modifying
Surface modifying

Specific Technique

Oil tanning fish skin

Properties & Qualities

Application

Accessories Jewellery

Qualities

2D Flexible Textured / tactile Opaque

Colour

white Black

Sample Information

Date of Creation

October 10, 2022

Dimensions

35 cm x 15 cm

Culture & Context

Project website prototype: fish

Process & Production

First the skins are washed with soap and water. Then they are Oil tanned. While the sample is drying it is softened.

Recipe Details

Recipe for 5 small skins:

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 ts dishwash soap (the small spoon)
  • 1 dl olive or rapeseed oil
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Put the skins in and massage the skins. Roll them up in rolls and leave for 15 min. Hang the skins to dry in a warm room. Let the skins hang to dry for about 2 days. While it dries, rub it between your fingers to break the fibres and soften it up.

Credits

Craft Maker

Ragnhild Amalie Watvedt Jensen Sasha Gonzales Yoyo Peng Ieva Mikutaite

Library Contributor

Ragnhild Amalie Watvedt Jensen

Photographer

Sasha Gonzales Ragnhild Amalie Watvedt Jensen

Practitioner

Design School Kolding

Through education, development and research, Design School Kolding represents and supports a diversity of crafts, incorporating a broad range of material resources and using multiple techniques – analogue as well digital.

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