Motorcycle-inspired collection wins Craft The Leather competition
A student from Chelsea College of Arts in London, Luca Greenway, has been announced as the winner of this year’s Craft The Leather student design competition.
Tuscany’s Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale, the consortium of leather manufacturers in the region that are committed to Italian veg-tanning traditions, runs the competition. It picked out Luca Greenway as the winner this time for a footwear collection called Flat Tracker.
Mr Greenway has described the collection as an exploration of the aesthetics of motorcycle culture, “reinterpreting its codes” through vegetable-tanned leather. Flat Tracker has a pair of motorcycle boots as its centrepiece, complemented by a roll-top bag and a pair of gloves.
He said the competition had allowed him to develop new skills in design and craftsmanship that he will apply in his future career.
Craft The Leather finalists are invited to spend a week in Tuscany, visiting tanneries and taking part in workshops. Luca Greenway said he had found one of the workshops, led by Florence-based bespoke shoemaker Vivian Saskia Wittmer, to be “a defining moment” for him.
