Historical Celtic Style Leatherwork
Sat, 05 Jul
|Slieve Aughty Centre
A fabulous workshop with a very knowledgeable tutor Dave Swift.
Time & Location
05 Jul 2025, 09:30 – 06 Jul 2025, 17:30
Slieve Aughty Centre, Kylebrack West, Inchy, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland
About The Event
What to expect from this workshop?
Your tutor is Dave Swift, he will be give a brief history of leather use and the different types of leather used in the work.
Through the process of getting used to the tools and then creating a finished leather item, various processes will be practiced including working with templates, cutting the leather, awling, stitching, riveting and decorative work.
Leather dye can be used to enhance the leather before the final protective finishes are applied.
Leather items made on this course can include belts including historic Irish Volunteer belts, guitar/banjo straps, medieval style pouches, medieval archer's bracers, knife sheathes, tool rolls, and leather covers for books/journal.
What is the material cost?
Tickets
Adults Tickets
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