Kyle Landas

{{short description|American craftsperson (born 1979)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Kyle Landas | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|01|08}} | birth_place = Iowa City, Iowa, United States | death_date =  | death_place = | nationality = | spouse = | field = Leatherwork | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = Zac Brown, Hank Williams, Jr., Brad Paisley, Jerrod Niemann, Willie Nelson | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = | website = {{URL|http://www.sandmancollection.com/}} | bgcolour = }} '''Kyle Landas''' (born January 8, 1979, in Iowa City, Iowa {{citation needed|date=September 2012}}) is an American craftsperson who typically works in leather.<ref>{{cite web|last=Leigh|first=Sonia|title=Zac Brown Band Teams Up With Carhartt|url=http://www.countrymusicrocks.net/2011/09/zac-brown-band-teams-up-with-carhartt.html|work=Country Music Rocks|date=3 September 2011 |accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McBride|first=Thomas|title=Dinner with Zac Brown Band and Blackberry Smoke!!!!|url=https://thisiscountrymusic-cma-tmcb.blogspot.com/2011_06_12_archive.html|work=This is country music|accessdate=17 January 2013|date=17 June 2011}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Landas has created album artwork for chart topping artists, their guitar straps and fashion pieces<ref name=wilson>{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Kenneth R.|title=It's a Zac Brown World|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/music/story.aspx?ID=1560637|accessdate=17 January 2013|newspaper=Atlanta Magazine|date=1 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518201005/http://www.atlantamagazine.com/music/story.aspx?ID=1560637|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> such as vests that Landas has created have been used in music videos, music awards and the Country Music Hall of Fame. He has also created works of art for large corporations.

Landas was Zac Brown's (Zac Brown Band)<ref>{{cite web|title=Kyle Landas|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/kyle-landas/10198731|work=ARTISTdirect|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref> personal leather artist<ref>{{cite web|title=Zac Brown Band|url=http://www.allaccess.com/country/artist-info/q/id/2440/zac-brown-band|work=All Access Music Group|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Zac Brown talks taking back Labor Day, Southern Ground Music & Food Festival|url=http://m.cbsnews.com/blogsfullstory.rbml?catid=20101050&feed_id=0&videofeed=36&emvcc=-1|work=CBS News|accessdate=17 January 2013|date=2 September 2011}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> from 2010 to 2012 and has created guitar straps and fine leather art for musicians such as Hank Williams, Jr., Brad Paisley, Jerrod Niemann,<ref>{{cite web|title=CD Album + Leather Judge Jerrod Key Chain|url=http://www.myplaydirect.com/jerrod-niemann/cd-album-leather-judge-jerrod-key-chain/details/5604540|work=Jerrod Niemann|accessdate=17 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193527/http://www.myplaydirect.com/jerrod-niemann/cd-album-leather-judge-jerrod-key-chain/details/5604540|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Willie Nelson.<ref name=lawson>{{cite news|last=Lawson|first=Tammy R.|title=Local artist is chosen to display work at Hank Williams Museum|url=http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/519467.html|accessdate=17 January 2013|newspaper=Times-Republican|date=13 September 2009}}</ref>

Landas is an amateur artist with no formal training. Originally a bricklayer by profession,<ref name="wilson" /> he turned to leather work when a painful condition meant he could no longer do heavy work.<ref name="lawson" /><ref name="NCM Legend">{{cite news|last=McRae|first=Alex|title=A Legend in the Making: Leather artist Kyle Landas|url=http://newnancowetamag.com/articles/view/a-legend-in-the-making-leather-artist-kyle-landas|accessdate=2012-09-17|newspaper=Newnan Coweta Magazine|date=September 7, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=N.|first=Joseph|title=The Man Behind The Leather|url=http://countrycharttalk.com/the-man-behind-the-leather/|work=Country Chart Talk|accessdate=17 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209094940/http://countrycharttalk.com/the-man-behind-the-leather/|archive-date=9 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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