Experience leather working

Tutor: Jeremy and Carla Bonner from the Bonner Studio
Level: Suitable for all
Date: A half-day course on Sunday 18 May 2025, 2pm–4.30pm
Price: £10

This taster workshop is part of West Dean: Craft Here, Craft Now and London Craft Week. The interactive West Dean: Craft Here, Craft Now exhibition presents a collection of crafted objects and shares the hidden stories behind their making. The series of bookable taster sessions and more in-depth workshops including bookbinding, automata, patchwork and leatherwork, find out more at westdean.ac.uk

Course details
Come and spend a couple of hours making two handy leather pocket pieces on this relaxed taster session.  Cut, fold, mark up, punch and stitch your own keyring and simple card holder.  Tutors, Jeremy and Carla Bonner will work alongside you, showing how to use traditional hand tools and techniques at each step of the making.  A great introduction to working with leather.

As you will be working with off cuts from the Bonners' studio, type and colours of leather provided may vary from those shown in the photographs.

Materials and Equipment provided
All necessary materials and equipment will be provided for use on the course.

About the tutors
Jeremy and Carla Bonner established the Bonner Leather Studio in 2014 just outside Cirencester where they work together making contemporary hand-stitched leather goods. Jeremy graduated from Birmingham School of Art and Carla graduated from Newcastle on Tyne Polytechnic.

General information
Short courses are open to anyone aged 18 and over.
The course fee covers tuition and materials where stated. You will need to bring all other items listed under the ‘Materials to bring’ section.

Refunds and cancellations
Please note, West Dean: Craft Here, Craft Now London Craft Week workshop bookings cannot be exchanged, transferred or refunded.

We reserve the right to cancel a class in unusual circumstances. We try to avoid this where possible, but sometimes it is unavoidable. In this situation, a full refund will be given. We’re sorry that we cannot be financially responsible for extreme weather conditions, travel disruption or any other situations that are outside our control.

Access
If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing: bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk

This venue has steps to the front reception, with limited access via a side gate to the ground floor. There is a small lift to higher floors or stairs.

Safety
Short course students are required to sign a safety compliance form as part of West Dean Health and Safety regulations.

Disclaimer
The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, West Dean College reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require.