by Whitney Bai
For skill building I made my first two pumps using cement construction:
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: cement construction, fittting, handmade, last, leather, sewing, sewing machine, shoelast, shoemaking, shoes, vegetable tanned
by Whitney Bai
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bowl, feather, leather, pen holder, plates, round, trays, vegetable tanned
by Whitney Bai
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: band, battery, bracelet, brown leather, conductive thread, handmade, jog, leather, leather band, leather craft, LED, run, veg tan, veg tanned, vegetable tanned
by Whitney Bai
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bag, button, handmade, leather, pouch, sleeve, sunglasses, tag, vegetable tanned
by Whitney Bai
* Posts under ‘Whitney’s Notes’ are for me to organize my notes from conference, my research over special topics and my random work inspired by random things. Please check reference list to find the original content.* Posters I made for leather awareness. Where is leather from, industrially? Most popular voice: The global market for beef, and hence hides for leather production, is finely balanced. The supply is clearly based on the demand for beef, rather than the needs of the leather sector. […]
Categories: Softgoods, Whitney's Notes • Tags: 3D printed, chrome tanned, faux leather, leather, meat industry, note, vegetable tanned
by Whitney Bai
Dye a piece of leather into desirable shade.Cut to exact measurement, attach necessary hardware if applicable.Saddle stitch. Apply masking tape around the edges to prepare for edge dying. Grove inside the folds to make it fold easily. Finish! Left: the single compartment card holder. Right: two-fold wallet.
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: button, button hole, diy, dye, edge dye, handmade, holder, leather, money, pounch, purse, saddle stitch, tan, vegetable tanned, wallet
by Whitney Bai
I learned about how to dye your leather in a workshop and I wanted to apply patterns to make a piece more personal. I used these drafting dots as masking tape and applied on a piece of vegetable tanned leather. The dye I use is from tandyleatherfactory.com, where I got most of my leather tools and supplies. I applied it with thick paper towel in circular motion. After it dries I removed the dots. I also rubbed the surface with […]
Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bag, coin, coin purse, diy, dye, handmade, leather, pouch, tan, tandyleather, vegetable tanned, zipper
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