Introduction to Leather Bag Design
Piercing the Leather
A course by Pigeoncoq , Leather Workshop
About the video: Piercing the Leather
Overview
“It's up to you to make lots of little holes! Here you will learn how to pierce leather. I will share with you some tips to do it well in an easy and fast way. ”
In this video lesson Pigeoncoq addresses the topic: Piercing the Leather, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Leather Bag Design. Learn leather crafting techniques and discover the different types of leather, tools, and accessories for customizing your bags.
Partial transcription of the video
“Pierce the leather I'll show you everything you need to know to properly pierce leather. We'll start with the carnations. These are the slightly bigger pins, remember, there are 8 of them and they will allow us to have a real bag with a handle to be able to hold it on the shoulder or in the hand. We need the same tools than when the eyelets of the paper template have been pierced. So a mallet or a hammer, cookie cutter and block or wooden board to protect. On the other hand, we will pierce leather and not paper. We will therefore have to be even more vigilant on the weight of the body forwa...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Leather Bag Design
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fashion Design, Sewing

Pigeoncoq
A course by Pigeoncoq
Lucie Poupet is a creative passionate about revaluing materials. She runs creative leatherwork workshops as part of a team of about ten people at Pigeoncoq. Based in Paris and Lyon, the focus of these workshops is based on transmission, creativity and exchange.
This initiative, which began in 2016, has led Pigeoncoq to collaborate with renowned brands such as Mellow Yellow and Quo Vadis, as well as winning awards such as first prize in the Talent de Mode contest and the Au-Delà du Cuir award.
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