Hi! We are Orgill Originals
Nicole & Neil
Orgill Originals is a family run business based in a little village in Derbyshire, UK. The business idea was imagined by me, Nicole, along side my father, Neil. We started our leathercraft journey in 2016, self taught together we have developed our skills and creative ideas to bring the business to life and love making personalised leather gifts that are both useful and thoughtful.
I (Nicole) have been making photo paper roses since 2013 and have made over 1000 individual roses since then! Our design is totally unique and original, you won't find it anywhere else.
What do you do?
We create unique handmade leather accessories and bags for you to enjoy! Our focus is on personalised leather gifts that are simple in design, thoughtful in purchase and useful day to day.
We also make personalised photograph paper roses and designs from copper. These are totally unique to each individual and perfect gifts for weddings and anniversaries.
The time we get to spend together making your orders is my absolute favourite.
Where did the name Orgill Originals originate?
This one is pretty simple. It was the first thing that I decided once I knew I wanted to create a business. Family was key, as was having unique products to offer. So using our family surname - which on its own is quite unique! - seemed liked the perfect choice.
Where do you make your products?
We work from our family home where we have small indoor and outdoor workshops full with the tools and materials needed to create all our beautiful designs for you. Every process is done by hand, my favourite part by far is hand stitching all our leather items, there are no machines used here!
All created in a smoke free environment.
What's so special about your leather?
We LOVE leather, we use English suppliers and primarily Italian leathers but also English and European. We choose our leather carefully to make sure we provide you with the best finished product we can. Leather is a natural material that can last a lifetime if treated right. We want you to be able to enjoy your leather goods for as long as possible and pride ourselves in using traditional handcrafted methods so you get the most out of the leather we use.
Where do you source your materials?
We are nature lovers through and through and do our best to reflect this in our work and the materials we use. All the leather we use is ethically produced as a by-product of the meat industry. The vast majority of the hides we source are also off-cuts or 'deadstock'. These are hides that are no longer required for their original purpose but have not been used, or perhaps have too many 'imperfections' to be used. As we work on a small scale and entirely by hand we can work around cuts and marks that may otherwise deem a leather hide useless to larger companies and ensure that every last possible piece of leather is given a new life!
We purchase our copper from a supplier within Derbyshire and our wood we have collected and naturally seasoned from our local area. We try to use every last piece of material and truly believe something beautiful can be made from even the smallest things.
