Scenes From the Studio

We are busily preparing for the in-person courses Refining Your Technique and the Zippered Wallet next week. Part of that preparation is making more tools. I started making tools a while back using my leatherworking experience and desire for what I would ideally want in a tool. For example, these sewing awls have a grip […]

I did a production run of over a hundred leather watch straps a while back. I made many of the same items, but not this many all at once. Before, I’d stretch it out over a few weeks. The experience helped to tighten up my setups and production planning. Spending an extra thirty minutes setting […]

I learned traditional pattern-making methods and combined them with more modern (digital) techniques. I often make the cross-over with curves. I can fiddle with point handles for an hour and still change my mind once I’ve printed the template.

A customer came in to have belts made for her three sons. One of them was getting married. She had a specific buckle that she wanted to use for the belts and a style that she had on her own belt. The buckle had been handed down from her mother, and she had the same […]

Prepping the zippered gusset for stitching during the handbag course. Scenes From the Studio is a post series of photos and videos from our studio. I’ll include works-in-progress, snapshots from our classes, and of course, leatherworking.

I’m trying a new type of post this week. On Wednesdays, I’ll post photos and videos from our studio. I’ll include works-in-progress, snapshots from our classes, and of course, leatherworking. This week is a photo of two backstitch awls I recently made. One is in ash, and the other in Claro walnut.