Today, a group of us met to hear and watch a demonstration on leather crafting. First he showed them all of his tools and how he would go about fixing the heel of a leather shoe.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTmLYxsxW32SbCBGN9r1QE9R5XYbUBms5d79SlRjH1J2TQz7ZrrznCHp0qFx1Q-UU5o3Ix-Q70bYdF5Bi9r_uvlXQiGzGgmcqcRKiV9j0NhslNVw42xBdTLI18O3IueQ0nlCuZIRr2mRD/s320/IMG_5265.JPG)
And he showed them the tools used to punch holes into the leather
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GRcQtMs_jH2ObRkgL4s0DKCGg-z9jZORUXNXaP0B8ul_YhiEQvnzg0MeSOS8zs6gDPBCGyx7H5PiarcnZFAa1PL9wR0-7oXsmJ_XvohsU0opoofcgQ7m62ARxNhHL4VAF3ETb0Ouytvu/s320/IMG_5267.jpg)
Then they all gave it a try
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuNRb8pfbK35sc3oK2fiR3h2qa32WAEoYvmxDxQQk0fV1LGzImw1sz9OHDDr1zJ5p0I5fYTNFP2vjC-y5reUGr_ripqsRaYFOphJvl0vAXIa5cJUbdwFzZCCpdzFhKlblXwbumrtSnZjP/s320/IMG_5272.jpg)
As you can see by the looks of concentration....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz8-19JRtqCKkqz0jhlAQSxF7CFj4CmA6wO5Tgy5eL_HJoy0lucTX3TIlpDmdoGS-pZNI-k4mC1XvNdwJgTqZa859vKAxeaix4xDJogdH1AJdCc8KFJNEjgk-nsJWyH1FBDrA4QkboaYh/s320/IMG_5276.JPG)
It was pretty hard to punch through the leather.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_h7zchEk2hzpI-QMNRj5FJ1ncMxAfmrQzrhNl6Zk6iH4UghLiD_-crPkeuucVqCclkDyu62Mqgiw6DkqK4yYbPyHCIBDGpaV0SxD_5YW1yeJuL97WQQuGlAmd1P5_AXlz9-FKAAWJXg9/s320/IMG_5290.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCvacQIFboWY_Of-chJicvGcq1Y-f1gME7u4w8UuDdClHpmlXabz3kwqHgoo1yWO0WMNUAhYsSCxE61Ye_ccYsB08isKXqZ-tfAO9IitUrPiJmNNIPR2thCWH0cDhSC_fnJEY-Edz7Pb2/s320/IMG_5292.jpg)
Then he showed them length of leather that was to be used to make a strap or handle and how to stitch it up.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJBPO56vJM9DFBDhzwSa1QBKREHdI-Aex32jRrFj-SX-hZJFhYyQTc0zymYqHGTl4Iz7KzdJbSWSdxGJUrPLgowivVPDiAceXFKn24Vaen0xWT2xrChLZxJPHP7-N1B3RMZ5fVwWiAlr5/s320/IMG_5268.jpg)
And everyone got a chance to make a couple stitches
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZA33x416YMTps9DyhnlW66Whpj0vpjoOPxXgFHGBokF36zz5EFx-cF-KAK8GCF9so_Wgp3JWgbT4AFeEz6bWXXlLzW68C6xCL8naGK9Je3gBSrpTTub3IQrSPaGvrKjysh1jn01fVOA7/s320/IMG_5278.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlPBJzEfOIy5qXw1gUg4rGL6Fhp-IoBlYnUCD8FJ-JvgWxrmK8hg5CiksvX2C4RsCeQ0yPysugcSdRqk2T82-3nBQ2NGNGj2GBYa1yKUEyw96H52awTVY1W-IkbaQunkl57ToaZ6-e1Gt/s320/IMG_5282.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JOeAFMulxb6vAu0OQXhunXg3iah-gmpKA9WfS-7SBtxUwgEtoo0pIxrjQVpmlF6v2MVZT8SUYH-J7KVB1M41cUR9cbzDv1wyBwZsFmvFIp7rTYrNjqHg1eCpMpFf5Rbym3ZLRQzj-rpx/s320/IMG_5283.JPG)
No comments:
Post a Comment