Jonathan Wieme was working in the advertising industry when he realised that he wanted to work with his hands. With leather artisan Nina Bodenhorst as his master, he developed his own personality, style and form of expression. Together they founded their company Niyona, and after travelling to Paris and Tokyo several times to learn specific aspects of leathercraft, Jonathan specialised in the time-honoured art of trunkmaking, which he now develops under the signature brand Bodenhorst. “We work the old way, without machines and by stitching everything by hand,” Jonathan says. To create his trunks from start to finish he must master many skills including woodworking, metalworking, saddlery and traditional leatherworking.
Jonathan Wieme