Bhimji Khoyla, the owner of Leder Handcrafted is a leather and textile designer from Hodka village, Gujarat. He belongs to an artisan family who has been practicing the leather crafts since 7-8 generations hence exhibiting the inherited skills of handling leather.
With the knowledge of new techniques and processes, he tends to explore and enhance his products. He gained knowledge from Indian Institute of Crafts and Design in textiles that help him yield a better product.
Leatherwork has been in the history of India for a long time. Leather was used to make clothes, footwear, caps, bags, saddles, armor, and many more with different parts having their own techniques and processes. Nowadays, the leather industry has grown to a different extent where it has stepped out of the local market to reach to a wider audience.
The changing era has brought changes in the way a product is formed along with targeting an even bigger market. The industry has increased to items like shoes, jackets, lampshades, pouches, bags, belts, wallets, stuffed toys etc made from leather according to the change in fashion. These products are even exported from India to different parts of the world.