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How to dye leather naturally
Becoming a black belt in 'do-it-yourself' is a child's play (or almost): all kinds of tutorials...
Tannins for ink: a look back in history
Medieval manuscripts are made with a blue-black ink to which tannins are no stranger: from the...
Tannins in brown leaves
In the last article of this column, we discussed about the colored leaves on the trees. However,...
Tannins and autumn colors
Trees in autumn turn into bright colors, yellow or red, not only because chlorophyll disappears,...
Tannins and plant defenses
Have you ever tasted a young wine that left you with a rough, dry mouthfeel? Have you ever...
Marc-André Selosse presents the Tannins’ Chronicles
The Tannins.org project is enriched by a prestigious collaboration involving Marc-André Selosse,...
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Tannery Lo Stivale: a never-ending tradition
Lo Stivale tannery in Santa Croce sull’Arno, in the Tuscan Leather District (Italy), has always...
AEN69: comfort as a dimension of elegance
Antonia Nicoletti is not only the founder of AEN69 - Creazioni Artigianali in pelle, but she is...
Volpi Tannery: vegetable tanning merging innovation and tradition
Can a centuries-old tradition be renewed in the name of eco-sustainability? According to Giuseppe...
Tre Cime Shoes: ‘That’s why we chose vegetable tanned leather’
An artisan story that links four generations: Tre Cime Shoes is more than a brand, it is a piece...
Cristiano Gualtieri: vegetable-tanned leather shoes with an Italian heart
Italy is a country rich in culture and craftsmanship traditions handed down from father to son,...
El Mato vegetable-tanned leather bags: “Every handcrafted product has a story to tell”
El Mato is not just an artisan workshop producing vegetable-tanned leather bags: it is the perfect...
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Tannin in the Twentieth Century
After World War Two, a gradual industrialization of the tanning industry occurred, due to the request of reducing...
The Industrial Revolution and the Invention of the Drum
The vegetable tanning bath is an artisan process that takes from 4 to 6 weeks. A length of time that did not meet the...
1796: the Birth of the Term “Tannin”
The Eighteenth century sees the birth of a new method of study of Nature, based on a systematic approach. These are...
Tannin and the Plants of the New World
As soon as they landed in the Americas, the Europeans discovered the existence of new plant species, some of which...
Tannin in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance
The Medieval and Renaissance tanneries continued the tradition of the tanning bath, meaning that the hides were...
Vegetable Tanning in Ancient History
The Sumerians were among the first populations to systematically tan skins, for which they used various methods...
Prehistory and Tannin
The first encounter with our ancestors probably happened on the shore of a pond or in a cave. Men had started to hunt...
Tannin between the Two Wars
Tannin had a prominent role also during the two world wars, since various leather articles and leather soles were...
Wine therapy, a cure for the mind and body
The properties of wine related to the presence of tannins are now known and often at the center of Scientific...
Tannins in animal feed
The use of tannins in animal feed and more generally in zootechnics is a topic discussed and documented in the...