Floral Carving in Leather

This class will be focused on working to develop a quality foundation in leather floral carving and stamping. We will focus on depth and realism with varying degrees of difficulty. Students will focus on proper swivel knife skills and smooth beveling, which is the basis for a properly tooled piece of floral work. You will also work on backgrounding, shading, and decorative cutting to finish a pattern. This class will be for intermediate level and higher.

Please bring with you floral carving and stamping tools, stylus, tooling stone,

mallet/maul, swivel knife, spray bottle, strop, pencil, and notebook. And any additional tools you like to use when carving.

I will provide leather, floral pattern, and tracing paper.