Wholesale
Leather kits that a customer finishes by hand. Nine motifs, four colours each — cut, punched and packed in our own workshop in Kyoto.
We are a small workshop, not a factory. Everything is made to order in Kyoto, which sets a limit on what we can ship in a month — and makes it worth telling you the numbers before you order, rather than after.
Two ways to order
Through Faire
- Opening order
- $200
- Reorder
- $300
- Shipping
- A flat 10% of the order value, charged by Faire
- Payment
- 60-day terms, handled by Faire
- Returns
- Free returns on opening orders
- Ships from
- Kyoto, Japan · FedEx · DAP
Direct from Kyoto
- Opening order
- $200
- Shipping
- Quoted at cost with the invoice
- Payment
- By arrangement
- Terms
- DAP. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility
- Ships from
- Kyoto, Japan · FedEx · tracking provided
Display pieces — free, one per motif
For every motif you order, we include one finished, fully assembled piece, free of charge, for display. One per motif — whatever the colours, and however many units, you order of it. Take the goldfish, the owl and the little bird, in any colours and any quantities, and you receive three finished pieces.
We choose the colour of the display piece. It is not a sample to sell. It is there so your customer can see what the box becomes before deciding to buy one. It ships with the order, not before it.
Opening in more than one location? Tell us, and we will see what we can do.
The collection
Nine motifs, four colours each — 36 items. Every kit is built the same way, so a customer who finishes one can start the next.
| Series | Motif | Level | Making time | Parts | Finished size | Colours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Owl & Horned Owl | 1 — Beginner | 60–90 min | 11 | 15 × 10 × 9 cm | Brown / Khaki / Natural / White |
| 002 | Goldfish | 2 — Intermediate | 60–90 min | 11 | 19.5 × 8 × 13.5 cm | Black / Natural / Red / White |
| 003 | Little Bird | 1 — Beginner | 45–60 min | 4 | 13 × 5.5 × 5 cm | Blue / Natural / White / Yellow |
| 003·2C | Little Bird — Two-colour | 1 — Beginner | 45–60 min | 4 | 13 × 5.5 × 5 cm | Blue / Brown / Khaki / Yellow — each with White |
| 004 | Ladybird | 1 — Beginner | 45–60 min | 6 | 7.5 × 7 × 4 cm | Blue / Grey / Natural / Red |
| 005 | Miniature Pig | 2 — Intermediate | 2.5–3 hrs | 13 | 14 × 10 × 6.5 cm | Black / Natural / White / Yellow |
| 006 | Frog | 2 — Intermediate | 3 hrs | 10 | 14 × 11 × 4 cm | Blue / Green / Natural / Orange |
| 007 | RabbitPRE-ORDER | 3 — Advanced | 8 hrs | 18 | 16 × 9 × 11 cm | Brown / Grey / Natural / White |
| 008 | Owlet & Horned Owlet | 1 — Beginner | 45–60 min | 11 | 11 × 7 × 5.5 cm | Brown / Khaki / Orange / White |
Wholesale and retail prices are on the line sheet. Request it below.
Every kit contains pre-cut, pre-punched cowhide parts, waxed thread, blunt-tip needles and printed instructions in English and Japanese. Scissors are the only tool needed. No glue, no sewing experience.
Ladybird includes a jump ring and a brooch pin · Frog includes a D-ring · Little Bird includes a drop ring.
Two speeds of time
Standard across all kits. Worth explaining at the shelf, because it is the reason a customer picks one colourway over another.
Evolving Time
A material designed to change with use. With light and the oils of the hand, it deepens into a warm amber patina — recording time as a physical surface.
Static Time
A material chosen for stability. The colour and the supple texture stay largely as they were on the day of assembly, preserving the intended finish.
Owlet and Little Bird — Two-colour are made in coloured leathers only, and do not include a Natural option.
Packaging, production and lead time
Every kit arrives in a printed retail box, ready to shelf. Each motif has its own illustrated front.
Standard 19.6 × 14.5 × 2.2 cm · 150 g
Mini 16 × 11 × 2.2 cm · 50–80 g
Everything is cut, punched and packed by hand in one workshop. Our ceiling is 100 pieces a month across all SKUs.
Large orders are welcome — we will tell you honestly when they can ship.
From stock: ships within a few days.
A further 100 pieces: about 30 days from order.
Rabbit and Grain Patch are currently pre-order.
Stocked by
The Shop @ PAM
Portland Art Museum · Oregon
The High Desert Museum
Bend · Oregon
Cincinnati Art Museum Store
Cincinnati · Ohio
The workshop
Eleven minutes on foot from Kyoto Station, one street inside the Kyoto that visitors know. Design, cutting, punching and packing all happen here.
The workshop sits inside a company that has worked with leather since 1975 — first as a material supplier and a production partner for others, and now under its own name. That is why the kits are consistent from box to box, and why we can talk about tolerances and lead times rather than guess at them.
Enquiries
Tell us where you are and how you would like to work. We reply in English or Japanese.
Or write to us directly: info@kyoto-makotoya.jp