An exhibition and sale of crafts made of leathers of wild animals such as boars and deer, which damage field crops at local areas in Japan, opened at TOKYO SKYTREE in Sumida-ku, Tokyo on Feb. 5. Research institutes including universities and designers joined the exhibition to sell their craftworks through Feb. 17.
Kina Kato, 42, a leather craft designer, displayed wallets and brooches made of leathers of deer captured at a Nikko area in Tochigi prefecture. “Quality of deer leathers depends upon nuts and other foods available in the forest when they are trapped. Its texture differs from one season to another. I hope my craftworks will be appreciated for their charms unique to materials of wild deer leathers,” she said.
The exhibition of wild animal leather crafts was organized by a specific nonprofit corporation named “Kawa-no-machi Sumida.”
(Feb. 6, 2016)