Leathercraft Workshop

Join artisans Nathan and Terri from TJ's Leathercraft and learn how to make your own bespoke leather belt in this one-day workshop. This is the perfect project for an introduction to leathercraft.

You will prepare your belt from premium quality, full-grain vegetable-tanned Italian butt-hide by measuring and cutting it to length. Some of the skills you will learn to make your belt include cutting leather, bevelling, sanding, burnishing, skiving and setting rivets, dyeing, antiquing and conditioning leather. 

You'll have the opportunity to decorate your belt with an edge creaser or stitch groover and stamp your initials or a design if you choose. There will also be decorative stamps available to use like a wombat or kookaburra. Choose the colour of your dye and your hardware.

Come and have fun learning the basics of a traditional craft and take home a belt that you made yourself. Bookings are essential and places are limited.

What you need to know:

• No previous experience required
• Bookings are non-refundable and non-transferable
• Please arrive 10 minutes early
• For catering purposes please advise us of any dietary requirements, food allergies and intolerances
• Please bring your own water bottle
• Dress in clothing appropriate for weather that can get dirty, the workshop will be in a shaded outdoor area
• If you have any access or support requirements to participate fully in this event, please get in touch with the museum’s friendly staff to discuss your options

Terri and Nathan are local artisans with a combined 35 years of experience in traditional leathercraft skills.

Their focus is on making quality products and sharing traditional leathercraft skills with others. They are committed to ensuring the art of leathercraft is passed on to future generations, as it was to the two of them.

Presented by Queensland Museum Rail Workshops as part of Galvanized: a Festival of Heritage.