INDIVIDUAL Courses
Book a One to One Course here in the Workshop
If you are looking to make a start, improve your skills or looking to work on a specific project, there is a course for you here at the workshop.
The courses below are examples of what can be achieved during your time here, if you see something you like the look of, go ahead and book.
If you have something more specific in mind, a custom course may be more what you need.
All levels are catered for, from absolute beginners just starting their journey to professional leatherworkers looking to become teachers.
Decide on the course you want and use the booking diary to see what dates are available.
Weekend Courses are available by appointment only.
These can be booked by email and incur a £50 additional fee per weekend day booked.
Please email info@armitageleather.com to discus your dates.
All of the courses listed below are skill based.
If you wish to make an item from template to product, dependant on the item and your skillset, you will need to book more than one day.
Email me and we can discuss what you might need and get you booked in.
Any questions… I am only an email away.
Current One on One Courses available at Armitage Leather
Level: Beginner – Skill Based
This is a foundation course intended to plainly set out clear working practices, good habits, appropriate tool use and correct skills.
It is designed for those just starting out or early in their leather working journey.
With the knowledge that you are getting the correct advice that suits what you are trying to achieve, this course is the ideal first step in achieving your leatherworking goals.
1 Day – £285
Level: Intermediate to Advanced – Skill Based
This is a development course designed to not only add those much needed techniques to your skill set, but allows you to revisit and reinforce your existing ones.
During the course, we look for bad habits and replace them with good, look at where you are currently on your journey and what you need to learn to move forward.
1 Day – £285
Level: Intermediate – Skill Based
Wallets are deceptive, whilst they are small, they are complex and require a large number of skills.
On this course, you will learn what skills are required to make a wallet and produce a template.
During the course, you have the choice to focus on either a simple two pocket bi-fold wallet or a two pocket card holder.
One day is not enough to cover all of this and actually make the item.
However, you will leave with a template and knowing how to use it.
1 Day – £285
Level: Intermediate to Advanced – Skill Based
A belt is often underestimated and seen as a simple item to make, it is after all just a strip of leather with a buckle on, right?
Not quite, there are skills and techniques that need to be learnt in order that a high quality, durable and good looking belt can be made.
It is ver easy to overlook what is required when making a quality belt.
There are a great number of techniques that can be employed in making a belt and a number of ways of achieving these techniques.
1 Day – £285
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Pouches and Bags are excellent items to add to your repertoire but we can easily get lost in the seemingly endless design process.
Working to the belief that we need to know every last detail about our item, height, width, depth, bend, flap etc, can actually slow us down. we end up trawling the internet for elusive answers and insparation.
This course gives you tried and tested formulas that can have you designing a bag in minuets instead of hours whilst still making them your own.
1 Day – £285
Level: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced – Skill Based
Learn to stitch in the modern style using stitching irons that rely far less on the awl. Even with the absence of the awl, the saddle stitch still commands a high level of skill. During this course you will examine the principles of the saddle stitch and the balance of what you are trying to achieve against what the thread is trying to do. Thread priority, casting, left and right hand stitching, back stitching and double pricking will all be examined. By the end of the day, your stitching will be much improved, but more importantly, you will understand why.
1 Day – £285
Level: Intermediate to Advanced – Skill Based
Without doubt, one of more traditional aspects of working leather.
The Traditional Saddle Stitch is still used by Saddlers, Bridle and Harness Makers today.
It is the correct way of ensuring that each stitch is locked into place making it ideal when producing working seams.
1 Day – £285
Level: Advanced – Skill Based
Box making is one of the more advanced techniques in the craft with two levels to it.
Both have different seams, Level 1 has Butted Seams and Level 2 has Mitred Seams.
Mitred seams is covered in detail in the Box Making course, whereas in this course you will be learning the techniques used in making Tubs.
Whilst it takes much longer than a day to make a Tub, you will gain a clear understanding into the technique.
1 Day – £315
Level: Advanced – Skill Based
Box making is one of the more advanced techniques in the craft with two levels to it.
Both have different seams, Level 1 has Butted Seams and Level 2 has Mitred Seams.
Butted seams is covered in detail in the Tub Making course, whereas in this course you will be learning the techniques used in making Mitred Boxes.
Whilst it takes much longer than a day to make a full box, you will gain a clear understanding into the technique.
1 Day – £315
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Quite simply, this is a course designed by you to fit your needs.
Coming on a belt making course to learn how to make watch straps is a start but a little off the mark.
It would not be feasible to add a course for every skill and technique so I have added a course to cover any skill or technique.
If you have something specific you want to cover, this course if for you.
1 Day – £285
Book a Course for someone Special as a Gift.
Should you wish to book a course for someone special, this is an ideal way to do so.
No date is needed for the booking, simply book and pay.
Then email info@armitageleather.com with the recipients name and the email address you would like to have the certificate sent to.
Following this, a certificate will be emailed to you so you can print it off and present it in any way you see fit.
The recipient then only needs to email to arrange what they would like to cover during their course, suitable date or dates.
1 Day – £285
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