IVAN
By Uvia Chang
Translated by Angel Pu
(04) 2371-3009
35, WuQuan 1st St, West Dist.
Hours: closed Mondays
Tue-Sat 10:30 am-8 pm
Sun 10:30 am-7 pm
Credit cards are accepted.
Located next to the Art Museum Parkway, Ivan is a little shop where you can find all kinds of DIY materials for leather handicrafts, including cowhides, sheepskin, deerskin and even rare materials such as ostrich and crocodile leathers and snakeskin. Neatly organized on the store's shelves are also books about handicraft tools and leather-dyeing.
If you don't want to start from scratch, the shop provides semi-finished products such as business card holders and suitcase name tags that even beginners can transform into high-quality leather items. Handicraft classes are held on the second floor and teach participants how to make leather bags from scratch (NT$5,000; materials and tuition included).
 
Left: A variety of handmade leather products
Right: Product displays.
 
Left: Each kind of leather has its own
texture.
Right: A handmade wallet.
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March 2013
