Hannah Galvin-Horne - Leatherwork
Hannah creates intricate and elegant leather surfaces in her Cockpit Art studio, London. Her practice explores historic decorative leather techniques, reinventing them in a contemporary context.
Having completed a qualification in Leather Technology from University of Northampton in 2020, and previously a degree in Fine Art Painting, Hannah takes modern materials and processes typically used in a industrial tannery setting and applies them by hand in a studio setting. Drawing upon her background as a painter and printmaker, the ability to develops pigments, dyes and topcoats specifically for leather within her studio opens up unique creative potential within her practice.
Each piece is created from a single hide of the finest quality french calfskin ‘crust’, a term used to describe a tanned but unfinished leather. Marquetry pieces are then meticulously cut by hand, dyed, pigmented and finished before adding 23ct gold leaf hand tooling.
Along with modern finishing methods, inspiration is taken from bookbinding techniques and those used in the production of historic ‘Gilt Leather’ where decorative wall coverings of leather panels moulded into a relief and subsequently painted and gilt.
Education
2019 - 2020
Leather Technology, University of Northampton - Diploma
2015 - 2017
Modern & Traditional Upholstery - Diploma
2002 - 2005
BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, University of Leeds
Awards
2022
Arts Council - Developing Your Creative Practice
2021
Leathersellers' / Cockpit Arts Award
2020
Leathersellers' / Cockpit Arts Award
2019
Leathersellers' / Cockpit Arts Award
Exhibitions
2022
London Crafts Week - The Future of Craft - Group show
2022
Cockpit Arts - Open Studio
2021
Cockpit Arts - Winter Makers Market
Contact Me
+44 (0) 7769 940 774