Oscar Maschera

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Leather, strong and soft, matures over time like wood and wine, like brandy and cheese. It protects, collects and changes shape because it retains something of the life it has had

OSCARMASCHERA is a 100% Italian company that was founded in 2005 out of Oscar Maschera’s and Claudia Serafini’s profound experience in and knowledge of materials.

Surrounded by the timeless and romantic countryside of Pesaro, the two artists convey their creativity into the production of unique, refined items and small pieces of furniture, all made of leather and natural materials.

Here, between medieval walls and suggestive views, the traditional art of leatherworking becomes a contemporary expression of creativity.

OSCARMASCHERA has developed out of Oscar’s and Claudia’s love for and commitment to their

artistic craft.

The product range goes from magazine-holder baskets to log-holders and various-sized boxes, from desk accessories and picture frames to benches, poufs, stools, refined mirrors, carpets and lamps.

Our work is a research: we give our fantasy free rain, when experimenting and manipulating an object in leather. The researcher proceeds and invents. Given a road, it goes all the way along it, backwards and forwards, and then begins to visit its surroundings. It is the same for us. We explore the leather: creating corners, cutting edges and joining the parts. Every object is an invention, because it is a stage in the research, and never the end point of the production.

All our objects are made in full grain leather, that is the outermost layer and most valuable part of the hide. It is an authentic, Italian, vegetable-tanned material (tannins extracted from the bark of certain plants such as mimosa and chestnut).

Processing is traditional: it is a process that requires time and accuracy. The leather must retain all of its characteristics and its history.

After immersion in the barrels, the drying, dyeing and the ironing, the chosen material is ready to be manipulated, cut and sewn.

This is the path the hide follows before arriving at our workshop to be transformed into everyday objects.

Our work is carried out by hand, and it is like the sail for the sailor and the foot for the shepherd.