Get Started Workshop

If you're curious about leatherwork and want to take a class to see if this is the art form for you, or if you're just starting out and only need a little extra instruction, our four-hour Get Started Workshop is a great fit.

During this half-day workshop students will learn about vegetable tanned leather and the unique properties that allow color and pattern to be added permanently. Students will cut out, punch, brand, paint, dye, stitch and assemble a small project during the course of a class to explore different techniques. All tools and materials provided and participants will go home with a finished piece.

Upcoming Classes:

May 15, 2022
June 5, 2022

All classes run 1pm - 5pm in our Kenmore, Washington studio

This is a Skills Class: These classes focus on building the skills necessary to complete a project from start-to-finish on your own. In the full and half-day classes students will learn about the unique properties of vegetable tanned leather and how to choose the right leather for their project. Students will select the leather for their project and use a pattern to cut and punch the pieces for their project (pattern construction is covered in the two-day Handbag Design & Construction Class only). Students will then add pattern and color using branding tools, paints and dyes, and then will learn assembly techniques such as riveting, hand-sewing, adding buckles and bag closures. Students will leave with a finished piece.

COVID 19 SAFETY: All attendees must be fully vaccinated, show proof of vaccination, and masks must be worn properly at all times during class (covering mouth and nose). There will be no exceptions to this policy.