The Slow Fashion Hike.

How our world shifted from retail shelves to the crafting tabular array.

A Sustainable Ecosystem

Forest Child handcrafts bespoke leather goods and manufacture for individuals or brands of any scale using past-products of the meat industry. We care for the environs and work with high-grade, biodegradable, vegetable-tanned leather that is ethically sourced and processed.

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About

A Quick Summary

Forest Child was founded in Singapore, in 2012, when Addynna Azlinor (Founder, Design Lead) decided to handcraft leather goods with detailed specifications she needed as in that location were none available on retail shelves. Over fourth dimension, friends, families, and strangers started purchasing the designs she initially created for her personal use, and the adventure soon grew into a company that highlights its key service, focused on handcrafting bespoke leather goods and aprons for the local market.

Maturing shut to 10 years later, Forest Child remains in product run by a sustainable- friendly squad; producing bespoke goods with biodegradable, vegetable-tanned leather (minimal-waste material and sustainability-compliant), handcrafting bespoke leather goods and aprons for individuals(locally and internationally), manufacturing corporate gifts for businesses of any scale, handcrafting branded-wares for restaurants, teaching leather-crafting workshops for beginners, enabling customizable options for goods via an e-commerce platform, and encouraging local makers to preserve the handcrafting tradition— all handcrafted with love and no MOQs.

The nature of designing customizable goods allows Forest Child to gain get-go-hand feedback nearly the pain points and strengths of each existing product that clients bring to the studio. This empowered the visitor to transform into a people-axial team that gives back to its consumers by creating and recreating custom designs into handcrafted goods that are readily available for the mass marketplace — both online and offline.

About

An Introduction

The guiding principle of Woods Kid is congenital on a potent foundation of having sincerity in every action; from mindfully cut a slice of leather, to presenting an end-product that was extensively thought out and handcrafted with dearest and precision.

Our cardinal focus is delivering an feel to create timeless moments between crafter and individuals during the end-product-reveal and here's the serendipitous magic: our company'southward guiding principle naturally allows the quality and durability of our handcrafted products to speak for itself.

At Forest Child, we invest hours into handcrafting ane product, for both custom projects and our original designs. When nosotros part means with it, we'll tell you of its nature, characteristics, and how information technology'll reply to you lot. Soon, you'll understand that you're taking the billy for the terminal lap to forever.

As we began handcrafting close to ten years ago, today we spend time to gloat when our handcrafted goods discover their manner home — to you. We vouch that it takes a hamlet to raise a kid and the learning bend has been steep; our crafts are molded from loving hands, nurtured with neat care, and perfected with a hint of Wabi-Sabi during its "growth" in our apprehensive woods.

Wood Kid uses byproducts of the meat manufacture to create functional goods and we trust that you will handle information technology with care and beloved like nosotros did, as what was breathing with life is now a craft responsive to the conditions of its use: lying in wait to embrace a new starting time with y'all.

Founder

Forest Child founder Addynna Azlinor was raised in St. John'south Island, Singapore, and grew upwardly as a tough nature-lover. Her emotional zipper to the wilderness and hunting skill with catapult and spears planted a seed of belief that she was a child of the woods. From thereon, the idea, "Wood Kid" began to take root.

For Addynna, every imperfection in creating handcrafted fine art deserves to exist historic as a form of uniqueness. As an artist, Addynna encourages passion and commitment in the craftsmanship journey of creatives in her team, particularly in constructing functional and modern leather appurtenances. In that location is a deep sense of value and appreciation for Wabi-Sabi in her crafting process; a Japanese term typically defined as "flawed beauty." She speaks of Forest Child as a timeless byproduct that uses similar customs, tips, and tricks assimilated from the crafting trade in ancient times.

"Equally a designer who'due south aware of the growing personal responsibleness I take in creating sustainable designs, I challenge myself to create slow-fashioned, durable goods that remain repairable for years to come." -Addynna Azlinor

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Team

Empowering Creators

Information technology takes a hamlet to enhance a child and our Forest Children made this dream stand through challenging times and by fluctuating economies.

Nosotros're fabricated up of artistic professionals who are leaders at their own table and our differences propel a healthy learning curve that taps into the strengths of every team player. Every individual in our team is deeply rooted and aligned to the principles, values, and end-goals of the brand.

The existence of handcrafting footprints in pre-industrial club maintains our creative fire and drive exuberant daily; because nosotros trust that every invention or craft on Earth shared past mankind is inspired by a piece of history either borrowed, assembled, deconstructed to construct, or vice versa.

Our lifestyle and practices span craftsmen, craftswomen, and creators from diverse creative disciplines. Every 2nd shared and connection adult gives birth to a breeding culture of interdependent local artists who are relentless in preserving the handcrafting tradition.

Customizations

The Customization Experience

We're journey-oriented and we believe every projection begins with an amazing idea. Whether it is creating a one-of-a-kind design, repairing worn-out appurtenances that need refurbishing, recreating an existing blueprint with personalized specifications, or thoughtfully customizing a souvenir for someone — we're here to make information technology happen.

Our promise to bring your idea to life is giving our personal best, every step of the mode. Therefore, our consultations are costless, and every product handcrafted in Forest Kid comes with a complimentary 1-Year Warranty.

At that place are many ways to begin brainstorming a bespoke production. You tin initiate a project by contacting us or jump-commencement into project confirmation past sending reference photos or sketches to our electronic mail with your ideal budget. Better yet, book an appointment for a costless consultation to experience a true customizing journeying from sketching your ideas, to touching material choices, to selecting leather colors, to exploring pocket configurations, to deciding on closure styles... The listing goes on.

Need a fuss-free customization experience? Store Now with available designs using customizable options and have them delivered to your doorstep.

Roots

A Fuller Moving picture in One Glance

Mission

A budget-friendly team empowering individuals with ho-hum-fashioned, customizable, sustainability-driven handcrafted products that preserve the handcrafting tradition.

Vision

Empowering every individual to take pride in owning locally made handcrafted goods. One day, you'll have the power to say, "I know who made this and where the materials are from."

Philosophy

"There is a piece of flesh in the body. If information technology is healthy, the whole body is healthy and if it is corrupt, the whole trunk is corrupt. Verily, it is the middle."

Handcrafted appurtenances are only proficient when they are handcrafted with sincerity.

Leather

Make a Difference in Today's World

Woods Child is a bespoke leather goods company, carrying our own branded goods: we work with sustainable-friendly, high-grade vegetable-tanned leather(mostly). They are biodegradable and are byproducts of the meat manufacture.

As local makers who are dedicated to improving sustainability efforts in the leather-crafting manufacture, nosotros're passionate about our Strictly Offcuts appurtenances. This ongoing project encourages our team to design and craft goods that are fabricated strictly with leather offcuts. Equally this projection focuses on limited resources, most of these leather offcuts are handcrafted into goods sold as accessories. Purchasing a product from our Strictly Offcuts category will encourage us to make a bigger difference, empowered by you.