The Leatherworker.net Community

Leatherworker.net offers a huge collection of leatherworking knowledge and experience, in a variety of media, from pictures to video to blogs, tutorials, Live Chat and our forum, where masters and novices discuss techniques, patterns, tools, methods of decoration and construction and where to find the right leather for the job.  We list the suppliers, guilds and resources available to the leather worker or leather crafter who wants to expand his world. 

Forum

With more than 130,000 posts on more than 50,000 topics, the Leatherworker.net forum, you can already find an answer to just about any question you may have about working with leather.  Don't see an answer to your question?  There are hundreds of experienced leatherworkers visiting every day who are happy to share their knowledge with you.  Have an idea or information to share, or have a recent project to show off?  We love reading about new ideas and seeing new work.  Join us and you will feel welcome right away!

Gallery

Browse through thousands of images uploaded by our members.  Be prepared to be mesmerized.

Blogs

Blogs are a recent addition to the leatherworker.net community.  We have links to external blogs and we host our members' blogs, too.  We hope the blogs make it easy for members to share lessons and observations that we all can learn from.

Tutorials

Leatherworker.net has the most talented and experienced leather artists of every genre.  Many of our members have generously shared their knowledge in demonstrations of their specialties and secrets.  (Some arms were twisted, but no arms were broken in the outright begging for some of our best lessons!)

Leatherworker Directory   (New!)

Looking for someone who makes a leather item you are shopping for?  Are you a leather crafter looking for suppliers?  Visit the Leatherworker.net Directory, and let them know you found out about them here on leatherworker.net. 

Live Chat

Talk to other members in real time conveniently from your browser.  Make new friends and reconnect with old ones.  Private rooms are available, and guilds are welcome to meet in public or private by reserving a spot on the chat calendar.  We also encourage qualified instructors to hold question and answer sessions.  Let an admin know about any special needs your group might have.