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Welcome to the Leather Naturally picture gallery. Images in our gallery are copyright Leather Naturally, but royalty-free when used to illustrate content around the subject of modern, regulated leather manufacturing. When using these images for Social Media, please always tag Leather Naturally as organization.

    4 men working in a factory recycling leather hideLeather sammying: the hide is pased through rollers, in order to remove excess moisture Download
    Leather shaving: the leather is shaved to the correct thickness. The operator checks the result to ensure it is within a tolerance of 0.2mm Download
    Tanned leather, stacked and ready for the dyeing process Download
    Wet blue (leather that has been chrome tanned before dyeing) is thrown out for quality checking Download
    Quality checking 'wet blue' leather Download
    Leather WIP (work in progress) in the tannery Download
    Post-dyeing leather is stored on wooden horses ready for finishing Download
    Quality checking Download
    Vacuum drying: the leather is spread onto a heated table and excess moisture is removed under vacuum Download
    Leather tanning: a view of a modern tannery floor including the tan drums and leather drying on overhead racks Download
    Leather drying on overhead racks with a 'toggle' dryer that pegs the leather flat to dry Download
    Leather printing: a hide is prepared for roller printing Download
    Leather printing: a printed hide emerges from the roller press Download
    Leather hanging to dry on overhead racks Download
    Newly dyed leather emerging from a tan drum Download
    Freshly dyed leather before being dried Download