The Studio & Visits
Our Artisan Leather Studio: A Sustainable Lifestyle, Inspired by Nature
CARV leather bags, backpacks and accessories are designed and entirely handcrafted in our leather workshop on the North Devon/Cornwall border.
Our Eco-Friendly Studio
The CARV leather studio is an original oak-framed building with straw-bale insulated walls constructed by community volunteers, surrounded by the stunning natural coastal landscape of the Hartland Peninsula - the perfect place for inspiring beautifully sustainable designs.
We now welcome visitors to the CARV studio as a shop with regular weekly hours. The studio is within our smallholding where we also grow food in a soil friendly no-dig way, manage willow and hazel coppices, and are in the process of creating meadows, wilderness, an organic fruit orchard and edible forest.
It’s well worth a visit.
Studio & Shop Opening Hours
The CARV studio is currently open weekly on Friday 11 - 2pm and Saturday 11 - 4pm. If you can’t make this we would be delighted to open for you outside of these times - please get in touch with CARV to arrange a visit.
For those further afield, the online leather goods store is always open and leather samples can be sent out free of charge.
We run exclusive Sample Sales online from time to time so do keep an eye out on our social media pages.
Contact Us
Visit CARV
The CARV leather goods store and studio is in the South West UK in Welcombe, on the North Devon/Cornwall border.
CARV Studio & Store Address:
Well Barn, Welcombe, Bideford, Devon UK EX39 6HG
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The leather goods studio & store is currently open by appointment only. Regular opening hours will be added in the Spring. Please get in touch here to arrange a visit in the meantime.
Meet the Maker
Our leather artisan, Becky, crafts every piece by hand in the UK studio.
The Materials
We only use the finest quality vegetable tanned leather - a leather that ages beautifully and lasts a lifetime.
Explore The Collection
Explore our full collection of handcrafted leather goods, designed and made in the UK.