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SUMMARY:Intro to How Handmade Western Boots are Made
DESCRIPTION:Holly demonstrates how to make a western boot\nIntro to How Handmade Western Boots are Made\nDate: June 29\, 2024 (9am-4pm; 1 hour lunch break)\nCost: $25 (materials included; 1 hour lunch break)\nLevel: All experience levels\nInstructor: Jim Brainard\nLocation: Rocky Mountain Folk School Building (315 pitkin Dr\, Grand Lake CO 80447) \n\n\nIf you are interested in learning about what is involved in making western boots and getting your “feet wet” in the craft\, the Rocky Mountain Folk Art School has an opportunity for you. Leather Craftsman Jim Brainard of J.B. Custom Leather will be discussing what it takes to become a custom boot maker. You will learn about the tools\, machinery and schooling time it takes to become a boot maker. You will see the many steps of the process and actually do some of them. In a condensed version\, you will go through the following: \n\nChoosing the style of boot\nSelecting materials\nMeasuring the feet\nSelecting lasts and modifying them to the measurements and style selected\nPreparing the insoles\nDrafting and making the pattern\nCutting the patterns out of selected materials\nTransferring stitch designs and sewing them in\nAssembling the boots\nLasting\nInseaming\nBuilding the outsoles and heels\nFinish work\n\nThis workshop is intended to give you a taste of boot making along with a great deal of information on what it will take do so. \nJim has been in leather craft since the age of ten. He apprenticed at age 14 with a third generation boot maker from 1974-1979 as a repair technician. Jim has operated a boot\, shoe\, and saddle and tack repair shop from 1979 to present day. Jim learned boot making from his mentor in 2010 and studied with him through 2015. Jim is an accomplished\, award winning boot maker. He will be teaching this class with the help of his repair technician apprentice and journeyman employee\, Holly Henry. Holly is also an award winning boot maker and leather crafts woman. \nThey both look forward to teaching you about the craft they passionately love and helping you try some of the process for yourselves. \nPlease visit them both:\nJim on Instagram: J.B._Custom_Leather\nJim on Facebook: James H Brainard and J.B. Custom Leather\nHolly on Instagram: hollyhenry_custom\nHolly Website: hollyhenrycustomboots.com \n\n\nRegister by going to https://secure.rec1.com/CO/grand-lake-co/catalog
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LOCATION:Grand Lake Center Meeting Room\, 301 Marina Drive\, Grand Lake\, CO\, 80447\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured Art Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rocky Mountain Folk School":MAILTO:rockymountainfolkschool@gmail.com
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