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Art, Craft and Science contribute to the finishing of leather. A new term beautility is introduced to cover the aesthetic properties that finishing gives to leather. A case is made for assigning importance to each of the components of finishing.
For the purpose of this paper, certain leather terms are redefined. Finishing : This includes all processes after preparation e.g. beamhouse and tannage. In the case of parchment and chamois, preparation includes those processes that produce the basic material without coloration Finishing in these terms includes dyeing, fatliquoring and mechanical operations such as sueding, buffing, embossing, tipping, padding, spraying, roller coating, laminating and inkjet printing which are designed to enhance the leather. In this definition, fatliquoring is at the interface and can be regarded as a basic feature of preparation but also part of finishing when used to give the extra softness of gloving or waxy and pull-up finishes. The subject will be discussed in three parts making the case for respectively, Art, Craft and Science. It is left to the reader to decide which of the three contributes most to Finishing. |
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Finishing - art - craft - science in JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF LEATHER TECHNOLOGISTS & CHEMISTS (JSLTC), Vol. 92, N° 6 (11-12/2008)
