100 PIECES PER MONTH FOR LARGE PRODUCTS LIKE TOTE BAGS 200 PIECES PER MONTH FOR MEDIUM PRODUCTS LIKE WOMEN'S WALLETS 400 PIECES PER MONTH FOR SMALL PRODUCTS SUCH AS WALLETS.
OUR PROCESS IS TOTALLY HANDMADE, MANUAL TOOLS SUCH AS KNIVES AND CUTTERS ARE USED FOR CUTTING, PUNCHES FOR PERFORATING, FORKS OR AWLS FOR MARKING AND SEWING, HAMMERS FOR WORKING WITH LEATHER, AND TOOLS FOR SHAPING AND FINISHING LIKE BURINS AND EDGE TOOLS, IN ADDITION TO WAXED NEEDLES AND THREADS FOR HAND SEWING.
THIRTY YEARS AGO, MY BROTHERS AND I MOVED TO GUANAJUATO AND BEGAN MAKING LEATHER GOODS WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE, DEVELOPING OUR OWN ARTISANAL TECHNIQUE. AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE EACH FOLLOWED OUR OWN PATH. TODAY, OUR WORKSHOPS ARE STILL ACTIVE, WITH A SECOND GENERATION OF ARTISANS. MY WORKSHOP, ALEARTE, HAS SIX WORKERS AND USES 100% MEXICAN LEATHER. A FUN STORY: TWO PEOPLE MET IN CAIRO CARRYING BAGS I MADE AND STARTED A RELATIONSHIP. OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE UNIQUE, HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS, PRESERVING THE ARTISANAL TRADITION WITH ETHICS, ORIGINALITY, AND COMMITMENT.
OUR PRODUCTS ARE A WIDE RANGE OF UTILITY ITEMS THAT RANGE FROM A LADIES' BAG TO A GENTLEMAN'S WALLET, ALL MADE FROM GENUINE COWHIDE LEATHER. OUR MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS COMPLETELY HANDCRAFTED FROM CUTTING, ASSEMBLY, PUNCHING, TO SEWING. WE STRIVE FOR HIGH QUALITY, IN OUR PROCESSES AS WELL AS IN OUR RAW MATERIALS.
