leather crafting
Working with hides
Leather crafting is the art and practice of working with animal hides to create functional or decorative objects—belts, bags, holsters, wallets, saddles.
The craft involves cutting, tooling, stamping, dyeing, and stitching.
She took up leather crafting after retiring.
Also called leatherwork or leatherworking.
- skivingEvading work or duty
- awlPointed piercing implement
- saddle stitchBinding through folded spine
- beltsWaist-cinching straps
- embossingRaising designs from surfaces
dyeing · rivets · pattern making · lacing · groover · carving · burnishing · stitching · wallets · suede · snaps · tooling · handbags · hole punch · thread · shoes · saddles · beeswax
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- DIY craftsknitting patterns, crochet patterns, sewing patterns, cross-stitch, needlepoint
- lessonslesson, teaching, private lesson, dance class, music lesson
- Luxury Historysilk road, spice trade, tea trade, watchmaking, fashion houses
- craft eventscraft fair, craft fairs, craft show, art fairs, artisan markets
- craft therapyknitting, crocheting, painting, drawing, pottery
material type
leather craftingwoodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
metalworking · glassblowing · ceramics · weaving · knitting