Leather Etching Art
Mark Evans leather etching of Steve McQueen titled The Great Escape. Leather artist Mark Evans has captured some of the world’s most famous faces – and incredibly they are all hand-etched into leather hides. From war leader Sir Winston Churchill to boxing legend Muhammad Ali talented Mark has masterfully constructed his jaw-dropping collection of artwork using knives as his ‘paintbrushes’. Amazingly life-like etchings on different coloured leathers – some costing up to £250,000 – have now made the artist a target of celebrity A-listers, Premier League & International footballers and Saudi Royal Palaces. Mark works with large hides sourced from around the world and hand-etches them with various knives and scalpels. The only leather artist in the world, Mark has mastered both the etching and the leather tanning process, which is essential to the end result. The process takes huge patience and an eye for detail. Using surgical precision he carves away less than a tenth of a millimetre of leather. His incisions, cuts & slices create different tones in the leather surface as the tanned suede beneath is gradually revealed. He calls his work “micro-sculpture” and spends months perfecting each piece.
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