Studio Candice Lau

Studio Candice Lau is a brand of leather bags and accessories, and a monthly leathercraft workshop based in central London. My craft is the marriage between the contemporary with traditional, a culmination of modern designs whilst individually handcrafted using traditional methods. Whilst the bags are made primarily in Italian and Belgian leather, parts of the collection explores the use of British waxed canvas and vegan leather (namely Pinatex). My collection is influenced by form and like origami, it explores the principle of a flat surface being folded, manipulated and altered to form 3 dimensional shapes. It is also identified by the use of colour, to add a hint of dynamism in more often than not our armour of black attire.

To share and spread my passion for leatherwork, I offer leather workshops teaching the traditional art of leatherwork. These are ran from my London studio, as well as special events are held throughout the world including, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Marrakech.

Each bag is handcrafted in my London studio at Cockpit Arts which all began with award from the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. With their support, I was able to build my own space where I could design, make and teach leatherwork. The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust and the Heritage Craft Association have enabled me to seek further training to work with Italian masters in Florence, allowing me to perfect and refine my collection.