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Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades acknowledges the Wadawurrung people as the Traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to all of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live and work on Wadawurrung Country. We acknowledge their unceded sovereignty over Wadawurrung Country, and the ongoing hardship and trauma as a result of colonisation. The history and continuous culture of the Wadawurrung people is an important part of our shared story.

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Suitable for teens 13+ and adults 18+

About this workshop 
Bill Webb is travelling all the way from Queensland for the Lost Trades Fair and joining us for a special leather plaiting workshop at the Rare Trades Centre. Learn the basics of leather plaiting with instruction from Australian Leather Plaiting Champion, Bill Webb. In this 3-day workshop you will learn to work with Kangaroo leather – the strongest leather in the world. You will cut and prepare the leather and select appropriate pieces for your project. Bill will teach you traditional plaiting techniques that he has been using for 50 years. You will have a choice of projects to work on: a dog collar or dog lead, a hat band, a belt, or a small whip. At the end of the workshop, you will take your finished products home with you.

Snacks, lunch, water bottle, notepad and pen.

Comfortable clothes and shoes. You will be working with wax and leather so delicate shirts or tops (silk) should be avoided. Comfortable closed in shoes as you will be standing for much of the class.

Small class size – max 6 participants

All instruction, tools and materials included

You will learn to cut and prepare kangaroo leather using techniques such as bevelling and tapering and plait a leather belt using traditional techniques.

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Bill Webb

Rare Trades Centre Leather 84

The Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades - 383 – 389 Bradshaw Street, Ballarat VIC 3350

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Leather Plaiting

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Leather Plaiting -  Make a Belt or Whip

Bill Webb is travelling all the way from Queensland for the Lost Trades Fair and joining us for a special leather plaiting workshop at the Rare Trades 
Centre. 
 
Learn the basics of leather plaiting with instruction from Australian Leather Plaiting Champion, Bill Webb. 
 
 In this 3-day workshop you will learn to work with Kangaroo leather – the strongest leather in the world. You will cut and prepare the leather and select 
appropriate pieces for your project. Bill will teach you traditional plaiting techniques that he has been using for 50 years. 
 
You will have a choice of projects to work on: a dog collar or dog lead, a hat band, a belt, or a small whip. 
 
At the end of the workshop, you will take your finished products home with you.

Leather Plaiting

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