The shoulder Pykara is a vegetable-tanned saddlery leather for leather goods. It is ideal for hot stamping, hammering, sewing and precise cutting. A very light natural leather, it offers a pleasant sensory experience, reflecting the nobility of leather.
For all embossing or molding work, onlynatural Pykara leather is suitable. Tinted Pykara leatherblack, chocolate, havana & cognac), with its pigmented finish, is suitable for "classic" Realizations leather goods (without embossing or molding).
Lucile Pruvel
Presentation by Lucile Pruvel
A former product and project manager, and a curious, independent young woman, Lucile Pruvel decided to take flight and reconnect with her childhood dream: shaping leather. She set up her workshop in Anctoville sur Boscq, France: Lucile Pruvel, creator of leather objects. Her work revolves around 3 values: the quality of her raw materials, the quality of her workmanship and the quality of her products. respect for the environmentand trust.
Lucile Pruvel offers refined everyday objects, unique pieces and limited series, all made from vegetable-tanned leather, with attention to detail for optimum quality, from design to finishing, including all stages of Realizations, pattern-making, cutting, dye, sculpting, etc.
testimony by Lucile Pruvel
"I make hats and objects from Radermecker Tannery's vegetable leather. I often choose Niagara havana for its warm hue and heart-feeding. When I want to dye and emboss the object, Pykara is my choice. "Kristin" is a hybrid hat, a blend of pork pie and floppy hat, chic, unique, for special occasions and wearable by everyone. It is entered in the Ateliers d'Art de France 2022 competition and will be present at the Fête des Métiers d'Art in Villedieu-les-Poëles (50). Created in full-grain Pykara leather for its entire structure, this hat also features an antistatic, silky-soft Venezia lining, a 100% cotton inner band and Oeko-tex-certified ecru stretched canvas. The latter's pattern echoes that of the textured crown, and its satin finish adds luminosity to the face it crowns."
"The choice of honeysuckle and roses is a tribute to the gardens my father created and that populated my childhood. They represent the simplicity of a common flower and the elegance of fragrant climbers. This hat underwent multiple stages of creation, from pattern-making to finishing, including hammering, embossing, dye, S lacing, saddle-stitch hand-sewing, slice work and shaping the brim with bone glue. Finally, a few flowers were made in cold porcelain, then dyed, embossed and varnished. Affixed to the S-shaped lacing on the skullcap, they complete the Kristin hat and add relief to the whole." Ms Lucile Pruvel - Lucile Pruvel
Video of the réalization the "Kristin" hat by Lucile Pruvel
The "Kristin" hat from tailor to finished hat
