i permanently make mistakes in my work

[gengado]

Hi everyone

I working a cashier in a restaurant and really fear this not my ending career  

i want to be a leather maker and i start learning and do something  in that field to be in someday my job but i can't improve my skills because i make mistakes in all thing i do every time  until now

Are Is this a defect of my personality or this is the nature of the field?

[YinTx]

How long have you been working with leather?  Many of us have been at it for years and still regularly make errors.  As they say, practice makes perfect.  I don't think you should consider it a personal struggle if you make mistakes while learning, that is how many of us learn.

YinTx

[gengado]

4 minutes ago, YinTx said:

How long have you been working with leather?  Many of us have been at it for years and still regularly make errors.  As they say, practice makes perfect.  I don't think you should consider it a personal struggle if you make mistakes while learning, that is how many of us learn.

YinTx

About 4 months

and thanks YinTx
 

Edited October 22, 2018 by gengado

[Aven]

Gengado, most of us are our own worst critic, seeing all of the mistakes or imperfections first. 

For someone who has been doing leather work for only four months, that wallet isn't as bad as you seem to think it is.  Yes, there are things you could work on, but all in all, it isn't bad.  I would suggest you pick something you don't like and spend some time watching videos that will help you do whatever it is better and then practice until you like it. 

 

[battlemunky]

@gengado, you are an inspiration my friend. I've been at this for a few years and it took me a long time to attempt a wallet and it look as good as yours with a good amount of experience.

Don't beat yourself up! What you are doing looks pretty good and will likely last for a long time even though it is a bit rough around the edges. Keep at it!

[rodneywt1180b]

At 4 months that's not bad at all.  It takes time to develop any sort of skill with anything.  You made a very usable wallet.  It may not be everything you intended but it's still a good wallet.

I've been making canes for about 2 years now.  I still end up making pretty firewood sometimes and haven't made a perfect one yet. I probably never will.

[garypl]

Same thoughts as the other posters - we all make mistakes and one of the skills we learn is how to cover up the small mistakes so they are not noticeable!  I still have quite a few items in my reject bin that remind me of past mistakes so hopefully I do not repeat them.

Gary

[Mark842]

I've seen people working leather for years that can't make a wallet that looks that good. In my opinion, at 4 months you are going to be a skilled leather worker before you know it.

You will learn tricks as time passes that will save you from some mistakes but none of us are perfect and until you spend a lot of time perfecting the process for a particular item mistakes can and will happen

[DV8DUG]

Remember too that on a more noticeable mistakes there's usually only two choices... 

1) show-casing it

2) or shit-canning it.

Anything in between will look like you are trying to hide obvious errors.

[ScoobyNewbie]

I think your stitching is very good. Do you use a stitching pony, or free hand?

The color on the back looks very even and pretty.

Did you use different dyes on the pockets, or did you not do as many coats on all of them to get the different colors?

I find that, as with making new recipes, a notebook is very helpful to keep track of my different efforts and errors.