Learn the shaping and coloring techniques of vegetable-tanned leather and follow step-by-step instructions to create leathercraft ornaments. This class is suitable for students with some hands-on abilities.
Dawn Wang is a leather artist and art educator trained in Design at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. With 15+ years of frontline teaching and 5+ years focused on vegetable-tanned leather, she blends wet-forming, carving, and dyeing with a playful collectible-toy aesthetic. Her classes are step-by-step, materials-aware, and help students think with their hands to craft durable, wearable pieces.