workshops: form and design

Leather, leather goods

Leather understood as a means of plastic expression. With its limitations, but also with its special qualities, it occupies today an important place as a material used by many contemporary creators, both in the form of modeling and leather goods.

Leather, leather goods

The specialty is developed over two school years, MARROQUINERY, I and II and are taught simultaneously in the same workshop.

This workshop teaches how to make pieces and accessories for clothing, from the designs to the finishing touches. The leather articles, handmade and handcrafted, have a high acceptance in the market. Embossed, stitched, perforated, painted or polished leather is what we will use for the accessories.

Días de la semana y horarios:  lunes y miércoles de 19:00 a 21:00h

Course level: I and II

Access conditions: None for the 1st course

Duration: School year from September to June

CONTENTS

  • History of leather
  • The skins
  • Choice of material
  • Tooling and tools
  • Drawing and reporting; making of patterns and templates
  • Sewn and braided
  • Finishing techniques

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