» Listings for February 2016

1. What a belter: Belt Making

   Posted on 3:09pm Sunday 28th Feb 2016

   What a treat! On Wednesday 30th March 2016 we will be running two belt making sessions in Cambridge @eagle_labs (Above Barclays). There are morning and an afternoon sessions to make a leather belt perfect for you.

   Booking through Eventbrite is essential. Book your ticket now by pasting the links below into your browser.

    

   1st session in the morning : AM belt making session

   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-a-belter-belt-making-workshop-tickets-21737113291

    

   2nd session in the afternoon: PM belt making session

   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-a-belter-belt-making-workshop-tickets-22074019988

   

    

2. Leather Carving at Tandy Leather Northampton

   Posted on 4:47pm Saturday 13th Feb 2016

   On Saturday 13th February 2016 I went to the Tandy Leather Factory in Northampton for a morning of learning how to carve leather. This has long been tricky for me and I came away feeling much more confident. The store manager Roy took us through creating a round leather carving. This included using a swivel knife, bevelling and tooling. I had tried this at home but felt unimpressed with my efforts, though now I could see where I was going wrong - over saturation of the leather, wrong angle of the swivel knife and not cutting deep enough were just a few errors. I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn how to carve.

   

   This is a montage of my carving journey. The round carving and the rose carving (bottom right) are my two recent creations. I am proud of these two and also proud that I can see I have made progress. I have made every mistake possible to make - the dog collar is an example of this, but now I feel I know where I am likely to go wrong. This is an amazing art form and the internet is full of fabulous examples.