November/December 2025 Cover

Watch Dennis Forrester create the cover artwork
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP6YNaFEUVl/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

Plaited Christmas Tree

By Eamonn Townsend, 35-6 – page 27

5-strand plait – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mDGyvB5Flw

3-strand plait – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NjG-dseqWPQ

Transitioning from 3 to 5 strands – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C9AiQ1fEIaQ

Transition from 5 to 7 strands – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci2dEK7BLnk

Leather Needle Sizes

By Sean Aquino, Fine Leatherworking ,35-6 – page 27

Original blog and video – https://www.fineleatherworking.com/blog/leather-needle-sizes/

State Fairs – Growing America’s Crafts
A Part of the Smithsonian’s Celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary

By Bob Klenda 35-6 – page 43

Renwick Gallery Exhibit – https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/state-fairs-growing-american-craft%3Aevent-exhib-6783

Look Around

Dennis Forrester, 35-6 – page 55

Eathan Carter Designs – https://www.instagram.com/ethancarterdesigns/

Jamie Seel – https://www.instagram.com/seelmade/?hl=en

Jeffrey Morrison – https://www.instagram.com/morrisonmadeleather/

Jimmy DiResta – https://www.instagram.com/jimmydiresta/

Ancient Leather Trades
Part 6: Stomping, Scraping, and Sleeking: The Work of the Currier

By Serge Volken 35-6 – page 66

The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather Dressing: Theoretically Considered in All Their Details https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Arts_of_Tanning_Currying_and_Leather.html?hl=de&id=5w8LAAAAIAAJ

Sources for further reading:

– https://www.curriers.co.uk

– Salaman, R.A. 1986. Dictionary of Leather Working Tools, c. 1700-1950. The Astragal Press, Mendham, N.J.,  p. 307-316.
– Waterer, John William. 1946. Leather in Life, Art and Industry. Faber & Faber, London, pp. 108-111.
– Lande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de la. 1767. L’art du Corroyeur. Académie des sciences, Paris. https://digital.onb.ac.at/OnbViewer/viewer.faces?doc=ABO_%2BZ15965920X.
– J. de Fontanelle and F. Malepeyre: The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather Dressing; ed. Baird, Philadelphia 1852, p. 461-504