leather working
Shaping animal hides
Leather working is the craft of cutting, shaping, dyeing, and stitching animal hides to make goods like belts, saddles, bags, and shoes.
The term covers techniques from simple repairs to elaborate tooling and embossing.
A leather worker may also be called a leathersmith or, more specifically, a saddler or cobbler depending on specialty.
- hidesConceals or animal skins
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- awlsPointed hole-making tools
- mouldingShaped decorative strip
- skivingEvading work or duty
stitching · hand stitching · dyeing · rawhide · craftsmanship · belt buckles · knife sheath · burnishing · carving · embossing · bookbinding · beveling · brogues · artisan guilds · tooling · die cutting · chamois · belts
- ancient craftspottery, mosaics, weaving, carpentry, blacksmithing
- handicraftssewing, knitting, pottery, weaving, embroidery
- primitive skillsstone tools, bow drill, hand drill, cordage, basket weaving
- old industriesblacksmithing, ironworks, sawmills, gristmills, tanneries
- traditional craftspottery, hand sewing, wood carving, weaving, blacksmithing
- Rancho Californiarancho, hacienda, vaquero, ranchero, adobe
leather workingmetalworking
Shaping raw ore industrially
woodworking · weaving · glassblowing · pottery · ceramics
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