Handmade leather goods from the South Downs
About Marden
Founded in 2026 by Rhianne Jacklin, Marden is an English leather goods house deeply rooted in the rolling South Downs landscapes for which her home county of Sussex is known.
Nature has long been Rhianne’s greatest source of inspiration - with the colours of the countryside and turn of the seasons informing each collection.
Rhianne trained at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation and makes every piece by hand, using materials chosen for their quality and longevity.
Marden celebrates the luxuriousness of thick leathers that patina over time and proudly pays top quality producers - from paper mills to tanneries - fair prices for the very finest in raw materials.
Handmade and built to last
Rhianne works the finest leather hides with traditional methods from her atelier in the South Downs. Hand-cutting, edge-finishing and saddle-stitching are techniques so timeworn and trusted they have changed little in centuries.
This is the antithesis of mass production. Nothing is rushed. Nothing leaves the Marden workshop that Rhianne hasn't personally finished and quality controlled with her own hands.
Marden seeks to preserve and evolve the craft of leatherworking - carrying forward the knowledge, skills and human values that underpin it. In doing so we hope that both our products, and the storied techniques used to make them, will outlive us.