It's a fun and informative hands-on class to experience making with with sustainably sourced, vegetable tanned leather from Italy.

Why not make key fobs as a gift for friends or family or invite them along to do the class with you?

Date & Time:

Two hours - by arrangement during the week or on Saturday afternoons

Please contact us to book a date.

Location:

Carreducker, Unit 1.20, The Courtyard, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London SE1 9PH

Design:

The key fob has a simple leather strap, fastened with a screw rivet. It is fitted with solid, Italian hardware - a clam clasp at one end and a key ring at the other.

The choice of leather colours available will vary, but may include Brown, Tan, Black, Blue, Yellow, Orange or Purple

Class Description:

Through guidance and demonstration we will show you how to:

Personalise your key fob with a name or initials

Burnish the the edges of the leather

Polish and heat crease the strap edges

Fit the screw rivet and hardware

Materials

All materials are provided. The fob straps are offcuts from our workshop, so you'll also be helping us to reduce waste.

Our ethos:

To work with the best materials and create products that last:

Tactile, durable and supple chrome-free, veg. tanned leather from Tuscany.  Vegetable tanned leather is a natural, organical material; the tone and depth of colour of the leather varies and changes with use and age, developing a beautiful patina over time.

Leather is a waste material and by-product from the meat and dairy industry that would otherwise go to landfill or be incinerated.

Solid brass / nickel hardware from Italy and England

See our full Terms & Conditions here.

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CONTENTS

Set of capital letters 6mm high + numbers 0 - 9

Acrylic double-headed hammer

The Alphabet Stamp set of letters and number is a great way to personalise your work. But you can also get creative with the set to make shapes, symbols and creatures; upside down Vs make great animal ears, a horizontal zero makes a nose and I's make good whiskers.

The hammer has special acrylic heads so that it doesn't damage the end of your stamping post.

Here's a few tips to help you to get stamping:

• The letters simply clip onto the end of the post
• Hold the post upright and push it down firmly onto the surface before you strike it with the hammer
• Keep focused on the end of the post where you want to hit it
• It's better to strike once hard than lots of gentle taps
• To avoid wasting your leather and making a mistake on your finished work, why not practice your stamping first on a thick piece of cardboard?
• Use a piece of masking tape to space out your letters evenly
• It's worth noting that simple letters like 'J' and I' need a more gentle hit than complex letters like 'B' and 'M'

How lovely to make something yourself and to then give it a personal touch. Combine it with our Make Me Keyring Kit and you're all set for some fun making!

All of our kits and courses make great gifts!

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If you would like to personalise your leather work, why not add an Alphabet Stamp Kit at checkout?

There’s no greater feeling than making something yourself or the delight in gifting something that you've made.

All of our kits and courses make great gifts!

Kit Contents

• 1 x set of instructions
• 6 x pre-punched leather straps
• 6 x screw rivets
• 3 x key rings
• 3 x clam clasps
• Small pot of gum tragacanth
• 6 x cotton webbing

All you'll need to provide is a screwdriver.

OUR ETHOS:

We use the finest Italian veg. tanned leathers in our kits from small tanneries, members of the Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata Al Vegetale in Tuscany

The leathers are supple, waxy and wonderfully tactile

The pieces for our kits are cut from the sections of leather that we can't use in our shoemaking, so they help us to reduce waste.

Veg. tanned leather is a natural, organical material; the tone and depth of colour of the leather varies and will change with use and age, developing their own beautiful patina over time.

See our full Terms & Conditions here.

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