Ruth Pullan Textiles and Leatherwork was launched in 2012.

A satisfying realisation came soon after a leatherwork course at the Cumbria School of Saddlery that leather was the medium Ruth wanted to work in.

It's a slow, thoughtful, almost meditative process, quietly stitching away in her workshop, without the hum of machines and the cursing that comes with them. Ruth has always been a frustrated consumer, never finding what she wanted in terms of design and quality of materials in clothes and accessories, and she has never been interested in the latest fashion "fads and trends" as the Kinks would say.

Through a pared down palette of materials and processes, she hopes to reflect this attitude, one of individual style, simplicity and quality, and pass this on through her teaching.www

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