Leatherware

San Patrignano leatherware workshop is this and so much more and it can also boast the help and support of the master leather craftsmen of Tod’s, the company owned by Diego and Andrea Della Valle, who have always focused on initiatives of this nature. The result of this alliance of hearts and hands is Aurora, a collection of bags and small leather goods produced entirely by the young workers in the community’s training workshops. 

The leatherware workshop helps the young residents of the community to develop an understanding of artisan products as a fusion of experiences passed down from tradition, know-how and processes of innovation in favour of excellence “designed and made in Italy”. Focus is on the ability to understand the product and knowledge of its tangible and intangible values and highlights the importance of applied production excellence. This background knowledge is a fundamental platform for developing skills linked to all phases of product creation.

The sector collaborates as production workshop with some leading Made in Italy realities and with companies that outsource their production processes within their local district.   

Collaboration begins with a training workshop whose function is to explain the work processes and critical areas of each production project. In some cases, the sector has collaborated in redesigning or creating ex novo products that express new creative energies as part of the manufacturing districts of excellence, which combine sustainability with artisanal craft techniques.

This virtuous circle often ends with the young residents being offered a work placement in the companies that have been our clients and suppliers and have appreciated the human and professional commitment of those who, with enormous sacrifice and courage, have taken their life back into their own hands.