Due to their small size, frog skins have traditionally been limited to decorative applications on footwear, leather goods and garments.

But now that could be about to change with the development of a new system by a Brazilian frog skin tannery. Developed by Rio de Janeiro-based Curtume Kaeru, (meaning ‘frog’ and ‘luck’ in Japanese), the system effectively ‘fuses’ the skins together to form a larger substrate measuring 1m x 0.60 m., opening the door to the creation of complete garments made from the material.

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