Leather Patina

Aged patina mentioned by busyman last week brought this back to my mind.  It's something I need to keep in mind when working with the material expression of leather.

old worn boots

For my work in the food garden I found and my old blundstone boots in the bottom of the wardrobe (not the wardrobe garden, my wardrobe inside!), and have given them a revival.  They are leather with stretched out elastic and being about 15 years since I wore them a lot, they kind of feel like they're moulded to feet that were a slightly different shape - not super comfortable.  They clearly show the evidential/informative marks of lots of wear.