Beautiful Leather section of cowhide!  I work with a lot of leather and have searched far and wide for leather which will take the Ecoprint processes I work with! This beautiful heavier leather is ideal for use in bookmaking, wallets, handbags and similar leather crafts. It is NOT a tooling leather! The leather is strong, yet supple, with a bit of stretch. A bit too heavy for clothing although a vest would work. A domestic sewing machine will not do as well as a heavier duty machine.
  
This is also one of the leathers that I use in my workshops and I keep them on hand for my students. Each piece will average  3-4 ounces thick (3/64″-1/16″ or more) in thickness. I have cut sections into different sizes from a full hide and each piece is measured individually. All are off-white in color. This leather is occasionally referred to as “crust” leather as the grain side is not finished with dyes, embossing or additional processes. For the Ecoprinting processes that I use it for, it is perfect and takes my botanical printing techniques beautifully on both sides. Please note shape. I cut these sections from full hides and you get this exact piece complete with any surface blemishes or marks. :-) That is the nature of hides.
Clutch bag Example was created with this leather. See video clip of two students looking at their results on this leather.
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I have several sections cut 30" x 12"  opportunities for the leather crafter to create a number of projects from the one piece!  
If you want to learn Botanical printing on Leather (see finished example in photos from this leather) Check out my PDF Tutorial on Ecoprinting on Leather Natural and in color (and especially if you are not US based as my leather section has information to find and select the correct leather in your area!) 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/783347753/how-to-ecoprint-on-leather-in-color-and