Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
Cutting the Leather 2
A course by Beth Dow , Leather Goods Maker
About the video: Cutting the Leather 2
Overview
“In the second part of this lesson, I will continue to work on the second pocket, creating a gridded pattern by following my cutting mat as a guide. Remember that it's much easier to score towards you than away!”
In this video lesson Beth Dow addresses the topic: Cutting the Leather 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags. Learn how to handcraft original handbags with unique textures from scratch using vegetable-tanned hide and the two-needle stitch.
Partial transcription of the video
“So here's my pocket piece again. I'm going to move this marble slab out of the way just for a little moment. I'm going to knead it again in a minute. And I've got my metal ruler. Now look, On my cutting mat, and this is pretty typical of cutting mats, I've. Got these nice angled lines here for 45 degrees. And I've also got the grid. you can use that to help mark your leather, if that's the kind of pattern you're interested in. And what I want to do here is find the center And I can just use this. So the center, I'm gonna mark this very gently at the top. In this case, it's right there. I'm ...”
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Course summary for: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
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Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Sewing
Beth Dow
A course by Beth Dow
Beth Dow is a multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer and craftswoman who splits her time between digital and physical works of art from her studio in Minneapolis. She has a Masters of Fine Art in Photography.
Beth has taught leatherwork at the Penland School of Crafts and North House Folk School, and she also teaches photography and leatherwork at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. She sells hand-made goods through her shop, Fieldwork Goods. Beth’s photography has been shown in several museum collections and exhibitions across the US and China.
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