Leather-based Crafts: In-Depth Info on Instruments, Supplies, and Strategies (Fool’s Guides)

A part of the artisanal/DIY motion is about authenticity and high quality, with a return to simplicity, actual values, real supplies, and cautious craftsmanship. Leather-based is a type of genuine supplies, and whereas it has at all times been used for purses and gloves, it's having fun with a resurgence within the discipline of crafts. Easy objects elegantly made from leather-based are featured in every single place on maker blogs, photo-sharing websites, tutorials, and craft marketplaces. Leather-based is in the actual world, too, in closely curated hipster boutiques and well-edited espresso retailers that promote sundries.

Fool's Guides: Leather-based Crafts affords 20 tasks (illustrated with copious step-by-step images), starting from newbie to superior, each constructing on the talents which were taught in prior tasks. Not like most current books on leathercraft, which include a heavy whiff of the '70s, this one has a modern, trendy aesthetic. The tasks are useful, and the minimal, elegant embellishment and pure finishes will hold them timeless.