The Leatherwork courses provided by Neil MacGregor and Valerie Michael are based upon the techniques described in ‘The Leatherworking Handbook’ and our experience of over 35 years as designers/makers of hand stitched leathergoods.
Tetbury Leather Workshop
These practical courses (see course calendar) teach students how to make a wide range of leather items, including hand and shoulder bags, belts, boxes, flowers, dog collars and leads, wallets, purses etc, using vegetable tanned leathers.
The techniques taught on the courses can help students develop their own individual styles and should enable them, to experiment and explore the creative potential of leather !
The leather courses take place in our own workshop so with a maximum of only 4 or 5 students per course, everyone receives individual tuition.
A set of tools is provided for each student to use and a range of leathers, hand tools and other materials are available for students to buy. Patterns and course notes are provided for specialist courses and a ‘Suppliers List’ is given to students when they arrive. Lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments are provided within the course fees.
Daily session times are 9.00am - 5.30pm.
Making leather box
How to get to Tetbury and where to stay see FAQ
To book any of the following courses you can complete the booking form.
Please send with your deposit cheque or card details to:
MacGregor and Michael
37 Silver Street
Tetbury
Glos
GL8 8DL
Telephone: (0044) 01666 502179 with credit/debit cards details
Email us for details of how to pay using paypal (Overseas bookings only)
Once a booking has been made and the course deposit is paid, the student receives a ‘Student learning contract & agreement’ as confirmation. For information about session times, lunch arrangements, location, travel information, places to stay, cancellation conditions etc see FAQ
For up to date availability of places see the course calendar below.
| Dates for 2009 | Course Title Download 2009 course program for full details of courses and booking |
Places Available |
| January 10-11 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) |  |
| January 31 -Feb 1 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) | |
| February 7- 8 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) | |
| Febuary 21 | Leather Carving | |
| February 22 | Moulded leather flowers | |
| March 9-13 | Design & construction of hand-stitched leather bags | |
| April 4-6 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) | |
| April 25-26 | Small leathergoods -Wallets, Purses etc(paring, turned edges, hand stitching) | |
| May 16-17 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) | |
| May 29-31 | Decorated Leather (Tooling, carving, inlay, onlay, gilt leather etc.) | |
| June 22-26 | Framed leather bags - designing and making | |
| July 4-5 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) | |
| August 3-7 | Summer School - making hand stitched leathergoods | |
| August 8 | Moulded Leather Flowers |  |
| August 10 - 14 | Summer School 2 (extra dates) - making hand stitched leathergoods | |
| September 7-11 | Design & construction of hand-stitched leather bags | |
| October 5-9 | Men’s Leather Accessories | |
| October 24-25 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) |  |
| November 7-8 | Moulded leather flowers | |
| November 21-23 | Decorated Leather (Tooling, carving, inlay, onlay, gilt leather etc.) | |
| December 5-6 | Making hand stitched leathergoods (bags, belts, cases, dog collars etc) | |
