Niwaki Workshops: Create A Hand-Stitched Leather Secateur Holder
With Akiko Baba from abokika
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- 14:00–17:00
- Light refreshments provided
- 8 participants
- No experience necessary
- All equipment provided
- Location: Niwaki Chiltern Street, London W1
Product description
Tuesday 9th May, at Niwaki Chiltern Street.
Create and take away your own hand-stitched leather secateur holder with Akiko Baba of abokika
With the guidance of Akiko Baba, founder of abokika, you will create a handmade secateur holder from start to finish learning traditional saddlery techniques such as saddle stitching, hand burnishing and embossing along the way. You will be given all the tools and skills you need and will be working with the finest full grain vegetable tanned leather from Italy.
You will get to take away your completed secateur holder as well as the tools and materials you need to make a blade sheath at home.
Best usage
Part of our London Craft Week series of events showing you how to get the best out of your garden tools. Find out more about our day of free sharpening and cleaning demonstrations or signup for a workshop to create a canvas tool pouch.
More about Akiko Baba from Abokika
Akiko Baba is the founder of Abokika which was foundedin 2016 to embody a unique combination of Japanese and British craftsmanship.
After years of experience as a handbag designer and Leather craftsman in Tokyo and London with a concept to create timeless, functional objects that are simple, traditional yet contemporary, to last a lifetime.
Akiko’s work are all handmade from start to finishmainly using the finest full grain vegetable tanned leather from Italy with each piece carefully selected and traditional saddlery techniques, such as saddle stitching and hand burnishing for optimum quality and durability.
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