Handcrafted in Prague by Fernando Echeverría.
Where
Leather
Becomes
Design
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The Maker
Leather has been part of my family since 1930. I come from a tradition of saddlers and leather artisans in Ecuador, a craft I later rediscovered and developed in Prague at UMPRUM under Liběna Rochová.
Today, working from Prague, I bring together my South American craft heritage and the geometric language of Central European design, from Czech Cubism to the Wiener Werkstätte.
Every piece has a person behind it. I design it, make it, and care about every detail.
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The Atelier
My atelier is in SmetanaQ, a historic building in the heart of Prague, a few steps from the National Theatre.
Part workshop, part creative laboratory, it is where ideas take shape through craftsmanship, curiosity, and time.
You can walk in during opening hours and discover it in person.
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The Leather
I work only with vegetable-tanned leather, processed with natural tannins from chestnut, mimosa and quebracho bark, rather than chromium. Most of it is Cuoio di Toscana, tanned slowly in traditional pits in Tuscany.
The rest comes from suppliers in Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic that I have worked with for years, and it is always top grain.
Every piece is made entirely by my own hands, from the first sketch to the final detail.
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The Leather Essentials
Good design objects deserve to be part of everyday life.
Bags, backpacks and leather objects, handcrafted for everyday use.
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Signature Handbags
Objects between sculpture and design. Made to be experienced, worn, and collected.
No two are ever the same. Unique materials and found components give each piece a character that cannot be reproduced.
The Axea transforms pleated leather into sculptural form.
The Solaris Bag takes its distinctive silhouette from traditional shoemaking techniques, shaped over a wooden last and meticulously stitched by hand.
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Custom Made
Shoes designed with you and made precisely to your measurements.
We meet in my atelier, choose the leather and details together, and I take your measurements. From there, your pair takes shape step by step, made specifically for you.
For him or for her. One pair, made entirely to measure.
The process takes a minimum of one month. I make only one pair each month.
Showroom in Prague
A curated selection of objects created in the atelier, offered in limited editions at the SmetanaQ Showroom in Prague.
