2. Why not both?Exotic or Eco-friendly?
Fish leather offers designers and producers a unique opportunity to work with exotic leather
without compromising their green credentials. Atlantic Leather is a shining example of how a
by-product of food production can be utilised: our raw material is fish skin, from fish caught
at sea or farmed for food. Not a single hide in our tannery comes from an animal bred for its
skin. If not used by us, the skin would simply be discarded. Instead of going into the bin, it
enables us to manufacture exotic luxury leather. Now that is value added!
The Power of Nature
Tanning and coloration processes require abundant hot water, but we are fortunate enough
to have plenty of hot water from geothermal sources, an environmentally-friendly and
renewable resource. In addition, our electricity comes from a hydroelectric power station. So
Atlantic Leather can truly say it relies on the power of nature in its methods of producing fish
leather. Exotic or eco-friendly? Why not both?
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Design by Tinna Bergmann
3. Salmon leather is thin, flexible and very strong. The texture is smooth
and refined. Most importantly, however, salmon leather takes colour
well: the hues are bright and even, the range of colours broad and
subtle. The leather can even be produced in a bright white!
It’s no coincidence that salmon leather is our most popular product.
Salmon leather goes with everything – it always looks good.
Experience has taught us that salmon leather is, quite simply, a classic.
Classic and
Versatile
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Salmonleather
Design by Halldóra Eydís Jónsdóttir
4. The wolffish is a deep-sea species caught for food in the fishing
grounds around Iceland and we are proud to be the only company
in the world that makes wolffish leather!
Wolffish has two striking characteristics, either of which would
make it unique: you cannot miss the dark spotted pattern of the
skin, and wolffish is also the only scaleless, smooth fish leather.
Whatever the colour finish, the spotted pattern of wolffish leather
always shines through – except of course, in black.
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Wolffishleather
Smooth
and Spotted
Design by Gyðja
5. Bold is
Beautiful
Perchleather
There is nothing dainty about perch leather. The skins are large and thick,
the texture rough. The big scales lend perch leather a unique character.
If we leave the scales open, the leather has a natural, raw, wild texture. We
can also smooth the surface, closing up the scales with varnish, but the
character of the leather remains the same. Perch leather looks good in both
light and dark colours, and when combined with metallic finishes the scale
pattern is intensified.
Whatever the finish and texture, perch leather always calls for attention.
Perch: another word for Bold.
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Design by Halldóra Eydís Jónsdóttir
6. Dark Beauty
Cod leather is the thinnest of the leathers we make, flexible yet very
strong. Its natural texture contrasts delicate scale patterns with a rough,
irregular surface. The rough texture can be smoothed by compressing and
varnishing to produce a silky-smooth leather, highlighting the dainty scale
pattern. Cod leather is less receptive to colour than salmon leather, but
we have developed a palette of darker tones, which combine effectively
with all our various finishes.
The dark beauty of cod leather is living proof that, when it comes to
designing original raw materials, you simply can’t beat Mother Nature!
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Codleather
Design by
Kelly Locke - Los Angeles
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Salmon Leather Panels
Perforated Fish Leather
In recent years designers and manufacturers have
been testing the limits of fish leather, and reaching a
simple conclusion: there is power in unity!
Atlantic Leather is making its contribution to this new
development by sewing skins together to form panels
of salmon leather. You can devise your own panel –
Pick one classic colour, create a pattern of delicate
variations of shade and texture, or go wild with our
twice-yearly seasonal colour ranges.
We’re always trying out new ideas, and when they work
we’re quick to let you know about it. We were pleasantly
surprised when we experimented with perforating wolffish
and salmon leather – especially the wolffish leather, which
is thicker and stiffer. The perforations make it more
flexible and supple, and we think the combination of the
perforations and the dappled leather is really cool!
We see perforated fish leather as an ideal material for
bags and gloves – but we’ve only just started.
What do you think?
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Atlantic Leather is the first company in the world which has developed a way to
produce washable fish leather. “Washable” means that the
leather retains its colour and flexibility after machine-washing at
30°C. This opens up a whole new world of possibilities for fish
leather, especially in the field of fashion design and production.
Experience of washable salmon leather has been good, and
customer satisfaction is the best yardstick of our success. Our
washable salmon leather is as durable as other fish leathers, and
the quality is equally high. It is also available in a large range of colours and textures.
Washable Salmon Leather
Design by Jonathan Morss
9. Fish Leather is our ForteCustom Made for You
You know it’s out there, somewhere, that special something
you need to make your concept unique, but…
If this is a familiar story, you are in luck,
because we find solutions for people like
you. The process is simple. Just e-mail us
with your enquiry, and we will send you a
swatch, so that you can get the feel of the
material and its possibilities. You put in an
order for your own unique vision. We will
custom-make it for you as quickly as
possible, and at a reasonable price!
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Design by xxx
Design by Gyðja
Atlantic Leather is a family-run tannery, specialising in
the production of exotic fish leathers from four
different varieties of fish, each with its own individual
characteristics.
In more than 20 years of producing fish leather, we
have acquired the expertise to deliver almost any
colour, texture or finish you can think of!
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Design by Perfect Belt
10. Shapes and Sizes
60-70 cm length
14-20cmwide
Hlýri
Wolffish
Havcat
Pez Lobo
Pesce Lupo
Loup
Seewolf
Steinbit
Wolffish
Lax
Salmon
Laks
Salmón
Salmone
Saumon
Lachs
Laks
Salmon
Fish leather is an ideal material for high fashion, whether in clothes design,
furniture, or anything else. The most obvious factor is the strong character of the
material, and the astonishing diversity which can be achieved in combinations of
texture, colour and finish.
Less well-known is the technical advantage of fish leather: thin and flexible, it is
nonetheless amazingly strong. It can be as thin as 0.4 mm, yet its tear strength is
as high as 90 Newtons! This is because fish leather has a cross-fibre structure,
while most leathers have fibres which lie in one direction. For more technical
information about fish leather go to www.atlanticleather.is/technical
10-14cmwide
60-65 cm length
Karfi
Perch
Aborre
Perca
Persico
Perche
Barsch
Havabbor
Perch
14-20cmwide
50-60 cm length
40-50 cm length
Þorskur
Cod
Torsk
Bacalao
Merluzzo
Cabillaud
Kabeljau
Torsk
Cod
10-14cmwide
Strong, Thin and Flexible
1918
Average size 0.8 sqft
Average thickness 0.6 mm
Heat resistance 90-100°C
Tear strenght 90 Newton
Average size 1.0 sqft
Average thickness 0.8 mm
Heat resistance 90-100°C
Tear strenght 90 Newton
Average size 0.5 sqft
Average thickness 0.4 mm
Heat resistance 90-100°C
Average size 1.1 sqft
Average thickness 0.8 mm
Heat resistance 70-80°C
Tear strenght 50-60 Newton
11. Atlantic Leather Ltd . Borgarmýri 5 . IS-550 Sauðárkrókur . Iceland . Tel. +354 453 5910
E-mail: atlanticleather@atlanticleather.is . www.atlanticleather.is
Finland
Oy Pasion Ltd
Contact: Pasi Ojala
Kivihuhdantie 18, FI-36120 Suinula, Finland
Tel.: +358 407569837
E-mail: pasion@kolumbus.fi
France
POM & CO
Contact: Vincent Pommiès
51 rue de Miromesnil, 75008 Paris, France
Tel.: +33 144717160
E-mail: vincent@pomandco.com
Germany
Heider Leder Vertriebs GmbH
Contact: Frank Ultsch
Vizekanzler-Reuss-Str.4, 96260 Weismain, Germany
Tel.: +49 95757087
E-mail: heider-leder@heider-leder.de
Italy
Coger Rappresentanze sas
Contact: Carlo Giostra
Corso Garibaldi 233/237, 62012 Civitanova Marche (MC), Italy
Tel.: +39 0733774228
E-mail: giostra@coger.it
Norway, Sweden and Denmark
Fred Skaar AS
Contact: Fred Skaar
Postboks 74 , N-5291 Valestrandsfossen, Norway
Tel.: +47 56394101
E-mail: post@fredskaar.no
