
Learn the basics of embossed leather bracelet making: discover tools, materials, and how leather types differ, in this first course of a leather crafting series that previews wallets and shoes.
Select vegetable-tanned leather 2–3 mm thick and transfer a paper sketch onto it. Use stamps, letters, a wooden-handle hammer, and a sharp knife to emboss on marble or granite plate.
Cut a piece of vegetable-tanned leather for an embossed bracelet using a template, leaving a tolerance on each side, then prepare for edge finishing and optional moisture timing.
Moisten the leather from the surface side with tap water until about half absorbed, avoiding wetting the other side, to prepare for embossing.
Learn to moisten the leather surface, keep it damp with shrinkwrap, transfer a sketch onto wrapped leather, trace the image by drawing over the lines, then start carving.
Carve the outline with a knife along pre-drawn lines using a ruler, then proceed to embossing to finish the leather bracelet design.
Carve the outline, emboss using a reveler and nylon hammer on a flat marble plate to reduce vibration, then stamp the border with a sandal stamp before painting and finishing.
In step 6 trimming, adjust the bracelet to the correct size using a ruler, then trim the edges from both sides with an edge leveler to achieve smooth, ready-for-finishing edges.
Punch two rivet holes using a marble backing plate, then polish the leather edges with a wooden slicker, water, and a whetstone to achieve smooth, shiny edges.
apply alcohol-based dyes to the vegetable leather bracelet, using three colors (reddish, light brown, and green) with a thin synthetic brush; allow drying for about half an hour before varnish.
Insert rivets into the leather, use the expansion tool and steel block to center and secure the parts, then check they don’t move before drying and applying a waterproof coating.
Polish bracelet edges with rocks to smooth and shine, then apply a protective liquid coating from an Italian company to shield the surface from water and sweat, and let dry.
Watch the embossed leather bracelet come together and become ready to wear, while the video invites comments and thanks viewers for joining the course.
Do you want to learn how to make your own designed handmade leather goods? Bracelets, belts, wallets, shoes, bags..
If your answer is yes, then this is the course for you! My dad is a leatherwork and craftwork professional with 25 years of experience who has made literally thousands of handmade leather goods, including bags, wallets, belts, and even winter shoes) He sells them in his own shop and online. He recently started to teach other people how to do it themselves.
If you are passionate about leather and you have some ideas what you would like to produce, but you don't know where to start, start with this course.
The course will follow you along all necessary steps of the process, including choosing the proper leather type, buying necessary tools, cutting, trimming, embossing and finally to the point where you will try on your own produced bracelet.
This is the first course in a series of courses dedicated to leatherwork and how to make various types of leather goods.
We tried to do the lectures short and easy to follow so that you will enjoy this journey to becoming a leather professional.