Maitan wildlife bags catch the eye at Tanning Tech

21/02/2019
Maitan wildlife bags catch the eye at Tanning Tech
Alongside the company’s roller-coating and spray-finishing technology, machinery manufacturer Gemata reserved space on its stand at Tanning Tech 2019 to display finished bags and purses from the GMVenezia collection, lauched last year by Gianni Maitan.

Long-time managing director of Gemata, and well known throughout the industry for his wildlife photography, Mr Maitan launched GMVenezia last year, digitally printing his images of zebras, gorillas, lions, leopards, hippopotamus and other animals onto cut pieces of leather and working with local artisans in Veneto to assemble finished products.

“I’m still only just getting this idea off the ground,” Mr Maitan told World Leather at the event, “but it’s been very enjoyable. This is something I had thought about doing for a long time.” He said one bag featuring a lion’s face and one showing a gorilla are his favourites so far.