Leather Work - A Practical Manual for Learners
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Leather Work - A Practical Manual for Learners

  1. 110 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Leather Work - A Practical Manual for Learners

About this book

This antique text comprises a comprehensive and practical manual for aspiring students of leatherworking, complete with many illustrations and original designs by the author. A wonderfully detailed and helpful guide for beginners and intermediate leatherworkers, this book is a must-read for the discerning student and is well deserving of a place in any collection of antiquarian leatherworking literature. Chapters contained herein include: 'Tools and Materials'; 'Outlining with Tracer or Wheel, and Indenting or Grounding'; 'Outlining Relief by Undercutting and Stuffing'; 'Working up in Relief of Moulding with Tools'; 'Moulding, Stamping and Working in Cuir-Bouilli of Soft Leather'; 'Modelling in Cardboard or Fret-Sawed Moulds'... and many more. We are proud to republish this text here complete with a new prefatory introduction on the subject.

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Information

Publisher
Kellock Robertson Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781447422006
eBook ISBN
9781473356634
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Leather Crafting
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Introduction. Tools and Materials
  8. First Lesson. Outlining with tracer or wheel, and indenting or grounding
  9. Second Lesson. Art Leather Work—Outlining Relief by Undercutting and Stuffing
  10. Third Lesson Working up in Relief or Moulding with Tools
  11. Fourth Lesson. Moulding, Stamping and Working in Cuir-Bouilli or Soft Leather
  12. Fifth Lesson. Modelling in Cardboard or Fret-sawed Moulds—Working Parchment, etc.
  13. Sixth Lesson. Scorching and Pressing Patterns—Outlining by Scorching—Colouring and Painting—Ivory Work—Gilding (by J. J. Holtzapffel)—Bronze Powdering
  14. Seventh Lesson. Mosaic or AppliquĂ© work—Cut AppliquĂ© Painted
  15. Eighth Lesson. Flower, Leaf and Fruit Leather work
  16. Ninth Lesson. Imitation of Natural Objects “in the round” in Leather
  17. Of Design and Patterns for Leather work
  18. Objects made of Leather
  19. Index