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Index About us 4 - 7
The designer: Sofia Protti 8 - 11
Handbags, puerses, briefcases & backpacks 12 - 57
Accesories 58 - 67
Contact us 68 - 69
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About us We are a Costa Rican company dedicated to the design, development, and marketing of commercial products made out of leather and related materials. Backed by over 60 years of family tradition in the art and technique of leather tooling and bookbinding, cueropapel&tijera® was born as a new way of understanding design through traditional craftsmanship and content of cultural value. The project was formally founded in 2008 as a venture of designer Sofia Protti Coto, who inherited from her maternal grandfather his passion for leather, the art of “crafting,” and the commitment to high quality. The bags, purses, briefcases, notebooks, and accessories strongly express the character and aesthetics of the leather itself. Its naturalness, in both texture and form, is genuinely exposed so making our products objects of great identity that talk about the story behind them: hands with years of experience in leather crafting carrying out processes of cutting, sewing, and assembling each of our pieces in the most intact way.
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A wide range of leather colors blends in harmony with the simplicity of design and functionality that cueropapel&tijera offers. The designs are born from the inspiration of the designer, who finds the greatest richness of creative stimulus within Costa Rican landscapes, moments of our own daily life, and within the beauty of leather. Our proposal is rich in cultural content and high-quality; it has contemporary designs and is young in the way it is managed. We efficiently combine traditional production processes with agility and technology in sales and communication processes, so making cueropapel&tijeraÂŽ a competitive and modern company that retains the best of its legacy. We are happy to do things with love, exalt the value of our culture, and to foster human talent. All of it is finally reflected in each of our pieces, making them a true work of Costa Rican art.
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The designer: Sofia Protti
Motivated by the desire of preserving —somehow— the art and work of my grandfather and finding
out, as a designer, that leather is the material with which I identify the most due to its
character, strength, and naturalness, I decided to undertake this journey of doing business,
which has let me piece together many stories to
tell and has meant, without a doubt, a dream that comes true every day.
It was in 2006 when the business idea came into
my head. Months before my grandfather’s passing, I told him that I wanted to stay in charge of
his workshop and work with Alexander, craftsman and his disciple for the last 16 years. At the end, thanks to that bindery where church books were restored, legal protocols were bound in leather and items like key chains, wallets, and some other souvenirs or special orders
were manufactured, the whole family had gotten ahead. It was not crazy at all to think that
this was worth a lot, that keeping it meant to
“immortalize” my grandfather, but above all, that the essence of a classic handicraft workshop, which is now almost unseen, could transcend
beyond the courtyard of our house with a little effort and work. I was sure that many like me
would love the tools of old worn wood, the purest scent of leather, and the perfection with which Alexander learned to bind books.
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We started by introducing small design details to what was already there and went inches
further when adding a bit of color and daring in the form of a book, the combination of
materials, in varying the function of a certain object. I say “we� because I was never alone,
my venture from day one was along Alexander, as a companion, as a bridge between my grandfather and me. He has been able to preserve the most intact way possible of sewing a book, cutting
leather, of folding it, of waxing the thread... We made the first handbag in 2009, for a friend of mine, and so, we experienced the chance of going from making notebooks and key chains to making bags.
I keep that first bag and treasure some of the first notebooks that I made with Alexander in those early design exercises. Today, he and I do not make bags anymore. Our tasks have
evolved. We lead a team of craftsmen with years of experience, just like him. We closely follow the processes and deal every day to being
faithful to what my grandfather taught us: to do things right.
As a designer, I found in leather the perfect material, my inspiration, and the protagonist of my work. Leather itself is beautiful,
fine-looking, strong, and versatile. It is
compliant, malleable, and rigid at the same
time. I am passionate about seeing, smelling
and touching it. Its imperfections, the scars of the leather, its texture, and the shine it
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gets with time are design elements in constant action. A leather product evolves, changes,
becomes darker, older and more beautiful with time. Adding color to the leather has been,
for me, a new form of expression. We went from conceiving leather as classic material to
seeing it as contemporary material; the use of color has given my design proposal plenty of
value not only as a proper means of expression but as a differentiator in the market. I am Costa Rican, industrial designer,
entrepreneur, and dreamer. My products are
loaded with lots of passion, have a cultural flavor, and demand a high level of quality
that I hope many will be able to appreciate.
Through cueropapel&tijera, I wish the world to
enjoy leather, in a practical and useful sense, respectful of the environment and, ultimately,
our products to become a means of expression of its own, of what you are, and what you believe in.
Cueropapel&tijera is dedicated to the memory
of my grandfather, the impulse of human talent, and to the beauty of our personal spaces.
Sofia Protti
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Handbags, purses and bachpachs
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Roof bachpach
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11.5” width x 10.75” height
x 5.25” depth
Leather backpack, fabric lined inside. Zipper and hardware closure. One inside zipper pocket and one inside cellphone pocket. Adjustable strap.
Colors
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Buchet crossbody bag
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11.25” width x 13.5” height
x 7” depth
Unlined leather shoulder bag. Strap closure. One inside cellphone pocket. Adjustable and removable strap.
Colors
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Botanical shoulder bag
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14.37” width x 10.25” height
x 5” depth
Leather shoulder bag. Zipper closure. One inside zipper pocket and one cellphone pocket. Includes leather accessory.
Colors
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Paloma shoulder bag
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13.5” width x 12.25” height
x 5” depth
Leather handbag, fabric lined inside. Zipper closure. One inside zipper pocket and one inside cellphone pocket.
Colors
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Julia bachpach
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8.5” width x 11.25” height
x 5,5” depth
Leather backpack. Strap and clasp closure. One inside zipper pocket and one inside cellphone pocket. Adjustable strap.
Colors
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Macaron bachpach
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10” width x 10” height
x 3” depth
Leather backpack, fabric lined inside. Zipper closure. One inside zipper pocket and one inside cellphone pocket. Adjustable strap.
Colors
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Maru mini purse 39
9� width x 4.3� diameter Unlined leather crossbody bag. Zipper closure. Adjustable strap.
Colors
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Tori crossbody bag Maru 43
12.5” width x 9.5” height x 3” depth Unlined cross body leather bag. Zipper closure. One outside zipper pocket.
Colors
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Basico crossbody bag Maru 47
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8.5” width x 7” height x 2.5” depth Unlined leather shoulder bag. Clasp closure. Adjustable strap.
Colors
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Yerbabuena crossbody bag 51
14” width x 12.25” weight 5,12” depth Leather cross body bag, fabric lined inside. Tie closure, one inside pocket with zipper and one inside pocket for the cell phone. Adjustable and removable strap.
Colors
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Sundaymorning tote bag
Maru 55
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12.5” width x 12.5” height x 4.5” depth Unlined leather tote bag. No zipper closure, one outside pocket and one inside zipper pocket.
Colors
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Accesories
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Travel purse
6.5� width x 4.25� height Unlined leather purse. Clasp closure.
Colors Varied
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Glasses case
7.25� width x 3.5� height Unlined leather glasses case. Drawstring closure.
Colors Varied
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Poliwallet
6.25� width x 4.25� height Unlined leather purse. Zipper closure.
Colors Varied
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Visor hat
26� circunference Leather visor hat. Clasp closure.
Colors Bronze
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Contact us www.cueropapelytijera.com tienda@cueropapelytijera.com /cueropapeltijera @cueropapelytijera @cpyt_cr San JosĂŠ, Costa Rica +506 2222 5516
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