* What is Leather?; * The Workshop; * Materials; * Metal Fittings; * Designing and pattern making; * Dyeing and Finishing; * Edge Finishing; * Parking and Skiving, Splitting and Channelling; * Gluing; * Hand Stitching; * Gussets; * Pockets; * Attaching Locks, Buckles and Studs; * Straps and Handles; * Moulding and Surface Decoration; * Beginners Projects; * Intermediate Projects; * Advanced Projects.

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Valerie Michael is a founding member of the Association of Designer Leatherworkers and has been a full-time leatherworker for over twenty years. She began her leather working career in Bristol in 1971. Today she makes a range of men's and women's bags, cases, luggage, belts, cases, wallets, purses using only the best quality vegetable-tanned leathers. She is one of the few people who are allowed to use the unique 'Russia' leather which was salvaged from the Metta Catharina, a Russian ship which sank in 1786 off the Cornish coast.

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