從日據時代開始，台灣生活工藝才逐漸走向系統化，近年來由於社區總體營造及終身學習教育的推廣，使得地方生活工藝又重新受到民眾的重視，在眾多以生活所需為出發點兼具美感的種種生活工藝中，「皮雕藝術」係利用皮革之可塑性、延展性、親水性、透氣性，以及薄如紙厚如木的特性，可依個人喜愛創作出兼具美觀與實用的生活藝術。現有對於皮雕技術的著作甚多，但皮雕工藝推廣現況著墨較少，本文嘗試對於就成人教育、地方產業、職能治療或校園推廣等面向，探討台灣目前皮雕工藝的推廣教育。

The systematic promotion and establishment of living handcraft in Taiwan started in Japanese occupation period. Due to the recent promotion of community development and management and lifelong learning, the local living handcraft is back to the spotlight again.Among many living crafts that start from the needs of living and aesthetic, leather art is an art
that uses pliable, extendable, breathable, hydrophilic and variable thickness characteristics of leather to create a living handcraft which is beautiful and practical. There are a lot of existing books about techniques of leather art; however, there are very few documents about the current promotion of leather art. This paper will describe the current promotion of living handcraft in Taiwan through the current promotion of leather art in different aspects such as Adult Education,Local Industries, Occupational Therapy or Campus Promotion