Leather Carving Craft Has A Long History Of Traditional Craft.

Around 1450 BC, leather processing was found on Egyptian relief. Leather shoes (sandals), the oldest leather products, are found in ancient tombs. This is one of the most advanced ornaments used by gods and kings at that time. After ancient Greece and Rome, the clues obtained from the exploration of Rome civilization showed that in the ruins of Pompeii, the famous ancient capital of Italy, leather factories had already made large quantities of daily articles such as clothing, weapons and shoes, and their decoration techniques had been quite developed.

In the middle ages, the guild system in Europe was developed. Leather manufacturers also produced guilds. With the protection of the industry, technological progress and production are also flourishing. The technique of carving and pressing has been used at that time. Leather is also used in bookbinding. People write words on sheepskin, called parchment, and the most famous book binding is Christian monastery. Most of the magnificent works were preserved in museums around Europe. From eleventh Century to fifteenth Century, China and Persia had invented very complicated leather art, among which there were many imprint and engraving. This craft was introduced to Europe by Arabs. Later, from sixteenth Century to seventeenth Century, with the rise of Italy as the center, the Renaissance of leather technology was incorporated into the decoration of paintings, making beautiful books and so on.

In eighteenth Century, the industrial revolution began to emerge, and a scientific study of leather manufacturing was produced, and the method of increasing production volume was opened. Especially in nineteenth Century, the chrome skins were invented, and the machinery was improved, laying the foundation of today's leather industry. On the other hand, American Indians made their harness and clothing according to their unique leather making technology.

In the 1492, when Columbo discovered America, European culture was introduced into the Americas, and leather craft was introduced through the Spanish. The orthodox European style leather craftsmanship, because of its adoption of the new world's delicate plants, has changed in its vines, and various techniques have gradually emerged, becoming the cowboy's harness and belt decoration in the West. The leather carving art of the beautiful pattern carved on leather, that is, the western style (Western) leather art, can be said to be a very beautiful leather process in the western development age.

However, this leather carving technique has been kept private for a long time, and has not been published until twentieth Century. Japan was introduced into Japan by the occupying forces during the Second World War, and reached the current popularity in Western.