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    Leather Craft
    Leather Craft
    Leather Craft
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    Leather Craft

    By Gladys J. Shaw

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    Originally published in London, 1927. The author was a well known craftsman and wrote several books on design and craftwork. Contents Include : Types of Leather and Decoration Thonging and Making Up, Press Studs, etc Stencilling, Modelling and Embossing Carved or Cut Work, Staining, Colouring, Inlaying, Etc Metal Enrichments, Ruskin Stones, Tooling, Poker Work, Polishing, Etc Historical Note, Methods of Tanning etc. The book is well illustrated with work examples. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 23, 2011
    ISBN9781446546345
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      Leather Craft - Gladys J. Shaw

      LEATHER CRAFT

      A work, of art is something made by a human being, for a human being, something of the man in it. . . . To make a thing beautifully, and fitted for real service, is a noble a italic-ct.jpg , and needs wise effort. . . .

      These things, then, you require:

      1. Di in italic-ct.jpg ly and firmly to grasp what is the purpose of the thing you are going to make.

      2. To set about making it on the lines of work that has ood the te of time, that following the experience of others you may secure thorough con ru italic-ct.jpg ion.

      3. To sele italic-ct.jpg sound materials, and those mo fitted for the work they have to do.

      4. To fashion the things in hand in such a way that the result is beautiful—beautiful even when mo plain.

      W. R. LETHABY

      f00iv-01

      NATIVE LEATHERWORK

      Illustrating Simple Tooling, Thonging and Stained Work, included to show the free, vigorous, and varied treatment which is always in keeping with its material

      1 and 3. Stained Leather Fans (Sierra Leone).   2. Purse (Spain).   4. Leather covered Jar (Sierra Leone).   5. Large Bag (Serbia).   6. Bag with Fringe (We Africa).

      LEATHER CRAFT

      BY GLADYS J. SHAW

      Birmingham Municipal School of Arts and Crafts

      pub

      Printed in England

      at the Curwen Press

      Plaistow, E.13

      SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS

      The kinds of leather used

      Design and Methods of decoration:—

      Blind Tooling

      Staining

      Modelling

      Embossing

      Filling

      Incising

      Other methods of decoration

      Lining

      Making a lined gusset

      Thonging

      To thong a flat seam

      Stitching

      The fixing of Press Buttons

      Tassels and other Finishes

      The con ru ion of examples illu rated and described

      1. A case for Visiting Cards

      2. A case for a Pocket Comb

      3. A Circular Pocket Mirror

      4. A Slip-in Book Cover

      5. A Shopping Li

      6. A Cigarette Case

      7. A Tobacco Pouch with rubber lining

      8. A Folded Purse

      9. A Semicircular Purse

      10. An oblong Two Flap Purse with squared gusset

      11. A Bag with piped gusset, Draw cords and

      Greek plait handles, including:—

      1. A Captive Purse

      2. A Season-ticket Holder

      12. A Needle Case

      13. A Ladies’ Handbag

      14. A Shopping Bag

      INTRODUCTION

      A NUMBER of books have been published on leatherwork during the past few years, but for the mo part they are more concerned with the decoration or fancy side of leatherwork than keeping to simple design and emphasizing good workmanship.

      The tendency for decoration has been to continue the raised, natural, or ‘arty’ forms, which, though easy, are unfit and impra ical in use.

      Every material has its own chara eri ics, and a udy of the decorated leatherwork of any Mohammedan people, or of old book bindings, will show the many possibilities of simple, pleasant design that is fit for its purpose and not a useless excrescence.

      Examples of blind amped bindings of the fifteenth century, or earlier, can be seen in any old library, or museum, or book on book binding. Also the beautiful ‘cuir bouilli’ or embossed work of the Middle Ages is to be found in mo museums, a slight udy of which should keep the udent on the right way if elaborate design is desired.

      Miss Shaw has had a wide experience as a teacher and pra ical worker, and under her guidance we are confident that the beginner or worker in leather will be led in a dire ion which will make for good work for the ‘well doing of what needs doing,’ the real art of leatherwork.

      LEATHERCRAFT

      GIVEN suitable material, good ta e, and patience to acquire skill in the use of a few simple tools, many delightful and individual things for personal use may be produced in leather.

      The simple piece of work, if well planned by the worker, with care and a sense of fitness, will always be a far more pleasing thing to use than the mo elaborate shop-bought article. These are often made abroad, of poor leather which is overloaded with a quantity of inferior pattern or with that which was originally designed for other purposes.

      It is applied by machinery in imitation of handwork, and is crudely coloured. In fa , it is ‘made to sell’ and all that phrase implies.

      One of the mo satisfying qualities of leathercraft is the extreme durability of the finished work, and because of this, the earne worker will endeavour to produce something which will be a la ing source of pleasure during its years of use.

      THE BEST LEATHERS TO USE

      are ‘Natural’ undyed Cowhide, English Calf, Sheep, Natural Goat, Oasis and Russian Moroccos. The la two are also prepared from the skin of the Goat. Sheep in the form of good quality Basil, or that sold as

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