ABOUT FARMSNEAKER

Make a pair of custom sneakers or card holder in a day from our leather, from our own cows. Probably the most traceable super sustainable leather in the country.

Sneaker workshops

Each pair of sneakers is unique. You will get to choose the following:

Colour of soles (subject to availability)
Type of leather - either our smooth top grain or our luxury suede
Style/height of sneaker
Colour of eyelets
Colour of laces
And of course we will need your shoe size (EU sizes)

Have a look at the pictures below to see some examples from our workshops. To note in 2026 all sneakers will be a made from our own soft brown milled leather or soft brown suede.

On the day after a short talk on the farm and leather, we will get cutting, punching, embossing and burnishing. After lunch its sewing time where you will hand sew the leather to the soles.

Arrive from 9.30

Start 10am promptly

Finish 4.30pm

Bring your own packed lunch, tea coffee and biscuits provided

A good level of manual dexterity and vision is needed

Card holder workshops

This is the perfect introduction to leather craft and the item is designed to get you to work with 3 different types of leather - milled cattle leather, firm shoulder cattle leather, supple sheep leather. You will carry out some of the key leather work processes under supervision - a great taster. These include;