Excellence, Evolution and Passion.
For over twenty years, Andrew Mangold has devoted himself to expanding the limits of leather craft.
Beginning at fourteen years old with historical and fantasy armor, Andrew’s devotion to the craft has evolved into a pursuit of creating increasingly complex forms.
Every piece is a step toward perfecting invented techniques, improving complex patterns and bringing otherworldly artifacts to life. Andrew’s sculptures retain a reverence for traditional leather-crafting techniques while highlighting novel invented techniques, crafted using 100% manual tools and an extraordinary attention to detail.
The Mangold Leather studio a temple of artistic devotion and laboratory of invention. Every artist’s studio is a living sculpture. At Mangold Leather, the greatest work of art is the shop itself, and the artist in motion.
Andrew’s true gift is bringing forms from the visionary realm into the physical world. Before touching a tool, Andrew softens into a receptive state where forms are presented from beyond that are ready to be born. With decades of techniques and experience, Andrew is able to give birth as expertly and accurately as possible to the clearest vision that was received :: Each sculpture on this website was first a vision sent from the mystical realm. When you send us a sketch or drawing for a custom piece, is it crafted with the same care and precision, to bring your vision into reality.
Every piece is handmade using traditional tools and materials. It is a slow process, resulting is work that is highly infused with life. This is no factory. In a world wrought by cheap, quickly made, artificial products, we stand strong for slow, traditional techniques that take years to master and months to create, imbued with the soul and passion of the artist. Every piece is a collaboration with the Earth, with Spirit and with the animal and trees whose gifts allow each piece to be born. Every piece feels alive. Every pieces has a rich story. It’s time to return to a world of real, raw, handmade work, a sensory life, real inperson connection and a living planet.
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Sculpture
Original works for collectors and galleries.
Mixed Media. Exploring form, assembly, and complex patterning.
One of a kind pieces extending the range of leather mastery (potential).
Visionary forms from the visionary realm brought to our world. -
Skulls
Wall mounted and freestanding sculptures.
100% handmade (made by hand) (by the artist).
Complex organic forms. Extending the range of leather artistry. -
Armor
Authentic leather armor and costumes. For film, theater, fashion and collection.
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Lifesized Animal Heads
The peak of leatherworkring complexity.
Life-sized, handmade leather animal head mounts.
Months of careful, complex patterning and masterful assembly.
One-of-a-kind sculptures for one-of-a-kind clients.
Bring the energy of mastery into your world.Organic forms. Intuitive patterns.
It takes months to build one life-sized mount,
but it took 20 years to achieve the ability to create them. -
Harness
What is life without sensuality?
Leather has forever been used for straps, belts and harnesses.
Explore a more traditional use of leather in our mixed-media harness collection.
Worn by performers, dancers, fire-spinner, flow artists and fashionistas.
Featuring hand-made custom hardware. No cheap nickel rings in sight. -
Copper
Our greatest pleasure: Crafting and wearing copper ornaments is an absolute delight. Please give me an excuse to put down my leather tools, pick up may hammer, and forge another glorious, liquid-colored piece of copper jewelry in this world. Anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, grounding, protective, uplifting, and sensual. Copper is precious. Purchase an artifact today to last generations.
The Studio
The story would not be complete without recognizing the studio in which each piece is born. The Mangold Leather studio is part of a lineage of craft shops that have evolved over time. The studio is both a living sculpture, an extension of the artist, and a portal through which visionary forms come into world. A lineage of creativity. Evolving.
Visit the shop by booking an appointment for custom work.
Step into the mind of the artist and witness the dance of creation.
Youtube: Full Process and POV
Who we serve
Leather is a dynamic material.
Mangold Leather serves a dynamic range of clients:
Fine Art
Own or display (handmade) art pieces.
Absolutely one of a kind.
20 years of devoted craftsmanship.
Artistic evolution. Visionary forms.
Peak of leather mastery, full passion,
peak of manifestation potential.
Own a piece unlike any other in the world, mastery, (bring mastery into your home / gallery) - infused with tremendous heart (feel the passion radiating in every piece), reverence for material and form (nothing is made quickly, every piece is channeled, dreamed, and carefuly Brough into life scrutinizing every line and every stitch with intuitive, mystical precision.
Performance
Need costumes that absolutely (make audiences say, “wow”.
Teleport your audience and your performers to another realm with carefully crafted, other-worldly costumes, armor, headpieces and harnesses. The Mangold Leather shop exists outside of contemporary society….
Our pieces strictly use traditional materials, abandoning any modern, factory-made hardware to create works that truly appear to exist outside of the modern world….
Of course, safety and functionality is always a must.
Fashion
If you want to look exceptionally powerful, look no further. One of the funnest parts of this studio is co-creating impossibly creative pieces to augment your life and style.
Let’s begin the conversation.
Contact for custom inquires, gallery appearances, fine art acquisition or to display our work at your venue. New pieces can be made to match your set or complement your home. Our work has been on stage in theater performances, professional dance, fine art galleries and given as gifts to prestigious clients.
We love a challenge.