On the programme for your workshop visit:
- Welcome over coffee/tea.
- Introduction to the material (leather swatches, textures, finishes), how it is made, and its uses (the different trades linked to leather).
- Presentation of the machines and tools used.
- Craft demonstrations: an overview of the different stages in leatherwork, using an example leather издел? Wait. Need JSON only, no mistakes. Let's correct carefully.
Astrid, +10 years of experience
Leatherworker
I am Astrid, a leatherworker, working in my workshop Petit Grain de Peau.
After studying visual arts and art history, I turned to social work for about ten years, in France and abroad (India, Peru, Cambodia).
I then returned to hands-on practice through a career change into craftwork, earning a vocational certificate in leather goods making: that is how I began to discover this material – leather – that I have always loved and whose possibilities I wanted to explore.
I continued to train with leatherworkers and tanners from the Gironde and Basque regions, while also exploring the techniques used by artisans in Andalusia and Morocco:
to better understand, in greater depth, the transformation of hides into leather, all the way to their conversion into everyday items, and thus gain a broader view of the entire material-processing chain…
And to continue my ever-renewed discovery of leatherwork, while bringing together in my creations the different influences and techniques that have marked and moved me during my travels, through artisan and human encounters…
Which continue to shape my path…
My traditional leatherwork workshop, Petit Grain de Peau, is located within the shared workspace La Manivelle Ô Vents,
dedicated to the crafts and the arts.
This collective brings together several artisans: a jeweller, a piano restorer-tuner, a knitter, a stained glass artist, a basket maker, and a screen printer.
In the workshop, you will discover all the equipment I use to make leather goods. And you will find the all-too-familiar smell of leather!
Cancellation policy:
Free cancellation if more than 48 hours before the experience starts. Between 48 and 24 hours before, 50% of the amount is due. Less than 24 hours before, cancellation is non-refundable.