Design of Seam-Free Leather Accessories
Cutting Techniques
A course by Adolfo Navarro , Product Designer and Photographer
About the video: Cutting Techniques
Overview
“Once we have our design and our template, we will review and analyze the different ways that exist to cut leather, from manual, semi-automated and digital, reviewing which is better in what situation.”
In this video lesson Adolfo Navarro addresses the topic: Cutting Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design of Seam-Free Leather Accessories. Learn basic techniques to create functional and minimalist pieces with leather.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, already having our cutting templates, in this lesson we will deepen about how I can cut on leather to generate our final pieces and assemble our fully functional objects. The first thing we are going to need is our template, which we already generated in the previous lessons. This template should already have all the considerations and must be perfectly proportioned and ready to draw on the material. Then, the next thing we are going to need It is our material, which I have prepared here. It is genuine leather or leather. I am going to use a leather of bovine origin. It is veal with a...”
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Course summary for: Design of Seam-Free Leather Accessories
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Category
Design, Fashion -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Design, Sewing

Adolfo Navarro
A course by Adolfo Navarro
Adolfo Navarro is the founder and creative director of Lo Esencial, a multiple-award-winning Mexican brand of utilitarian objects that emphasizes functionality through the appropriate use of genuine leather.
Adolfo's work is characterized by exploring possibilities and maximizing the usefulness and functionality of objects to achieve new ways of interaction and simplification, emphasizing objects that are used on a daily basis.
Among the recognitions he has received in the field of leather goods and design are two honorable mentions in the National Design Awards (2016), first place in the National Furniture Design Contest (DIMUEBLE, 2015), and an honorable mention at the National Design Biennial (2017), among others.
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