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Hariyono

Hariyono was born in 1976, in East Java. His first contact with tooled leather work came through his father, Supardi, who worked as a shoemaker. He spent his childhood and early teenage years in Java, while learning the tooled-leather trade, as well as the basics of working with silver and gold. At the age of 17, his curiosity and need for adventure took him to the beautiful island of Bali.

While Hariyono was learning to survive and earn a living on his own, he worked as a designer as well as a gold and silversmith. After some time, Hariyono took up again his family legacy of leatherwork, and began designing and producing shoes. His designs were sold throughout Europe, Asia and North America. His style was influenced by tourists from around the world, combining rugged materials and producing refined wearable pieces.

After seven years as a shoemaker, Hariyono began to explore the creative expression of leather through jewelry, along with other natural materials such as wood, cowbone and bull horn. His diverse collection now includes necklaces, earrings, bracelets, belts, and most recently, leather wall art.

Hariyono's artistic creativity is constantly finding new and different forms of expression. He prefers to work with raw, rugged, natural elements, and find new methods through which he can convert them into polished pieces of art. Hariyono's designs are born from a love of world cultures; they blur the lines between art, nature, fashion and lifestyle.