The DERU leather animal series was produced in the 1960s at the German workshop DERU, which existed from 1950 to the early 1970s.
The workshop manufactured leather toys as educational materials in the 1950s and supplied them to German schools, but in the 60s, it began producing these intricately structured animals.
The "DERU" animals, crafted from a single piece of undyed leather using exceptional techniques of cutting, bending, pressing, and riveting, became a collectible item with collectors worldwide, known by the nickname "German ORIGAMI," after the workshop disappeared and many years had passed, when their charm was re-evaluated.
Height 56.5cm / Length 25cm / Width 12cm
The workshop manufactured leather toys as educational materials in the 1950s and supplied them to German schools, but in the 60s, it began producing these intricately structured animals.
The "DERU" animals, crafted from a single piece of undyed leather using exceptional techniques of cutting, bending, pressing, and riveting, became a collectible item with collectors worldwide, known by the nickname "German ORIGAMI," after the workshop disappeared and many years had passed, when their charm was re-evaluated.
Height 56.5cm / Length 25cm / Width 12cm