At the age of 16 he had joined as a helper in a company in Auroville owned by a foreigner and started his own business at 2011 at the age of 32. He specializes in leather goods like bags, purses, belts, key chains and more.
At the age of 16 I had joined as a helper in a company in Auroville owned by a foreigner and I started my own business at 2011 at my age of 32. Mine is full leather goods like bags, purses, belts, key chains and more. Usually we work with buffalo leather which is manufactured without inducing chemical which is called as veg-Tan leather.
leather is produced through a traditional vegetable tanning process. Skins are soaked, limed, washed, delimed, and treated with natural avaram bark liquor. The leather is then stretched, oiled, dried, and softened through staking before being trimmed and sorted, producing flexible, durable leather with a distinctive natural finish.
leather production is concentrated in Tamil Nadu, particularly in Trichy, Dindigul, and parts of North Arcot. During the colonial period, these regions developed major tanning centres due to strategic locations, railway connectivity, and availability of quality raw hides and Avaram bark. Trichy and Dindigul continue this traditional tanning practice.
leather is used to create handcrafted products such as bags, boxes, puppets, and other leather goods. For bags and boxes, leather is soaked, washed, stretched, dried, marked, cut, embossed, and assembled. Embossing and precise die-cutting add decorative and structural details, while cardboard stiffeners provide shape to finished boxes.
Leather has long been an important craft tradition in Tamil Nadu, used for footwear, drums, and shadow puppetry. Trichy developed a distinctive leather-tanning tradition through its century-old vegetable tanning process. Passed through generations, this method relies on natural materials and artisan expertise, preserving the region's distinctive leather heritage and identity.
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