Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
Wet Molding the End Panels
A course by Beth Dow , Leather Goods Maker
About the video: Wet Molding the End Panels
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you about wet molding vegetable-tanned leather to prepare the end panels for the tote bag. ”
In this video lesson Beth Dow addresses the topic: Wet Molding the End Panels, 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
“ Wet Molding the End Panels In this lesson, we'll learn a new skill. We'll learn how to wet mold the edges of the end panels. You can't do this with other kinds of leather. This is a lovely quality of this natural vegetable-tanned leather. We can soak it in water, get it nice and wet and soft, and we can then bend it into the shape we need it to be. Looking at this tote bag here, the end panels are inset here. You can see how they sit inside this cut edge. We need to bend that little rim around it first. If you recall, we have two similar patterns. This one that says "Side panel cut 2" is ...”
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Course summary for: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
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Category
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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