Take next steps on your leather carving journey as you explore advanced designs with more detail and complexity, including realistic figures like animals, flowers, and feathers. Practice tool use and learn how to design intricate, lifelike patterns. Tool and paint a life-sized, eagle feather with a carved figure. Pieces created during the week can be made into coasters, framed art, and more. Intended for students with leatherworking experience who already own their tools.

Create handsewn, leather-covered books featuring richly detailed, textured patterns of your own design. Cover traditional bookbinding skills, basic leatherwork (including beginning tooling and dyeing), and embossing techniques. Complete one or more handmade books that incorporate these skills. Open to all levels; work requires attention to detail and hand-eye coordination. $

Start your journey in leathercrafting. Make beautiful leather projects to take home while learning about leather tools and supplies, techniques for preparing leather, transferring patterns, stamping, punching, carving, sewing, coloring, and finishing. Materials fee includes tools and supplies that students will keep. Hand strength and good eyesight are needed. $

Make a two-pocket card wallet out of vegetable-tanned leather using a traditional two-needle saddle stitch. Learn to cut, glue, and finish leather with burnishing resulting in a wallet that will last a lifetime. In addition to the classic saddle stitch, take a look at different wallet designs and discuss other forming and molding techniques. Leave at the end of the weekend with a card wallet, a dual fold wallet, and basic leatherworking knowledge to get your craft journey started. $