Leather Accessories Design & Making

Shape contemporary leather accessories through the language of Italian craftsmanship in this 6-credit hands-on journey into vegetable-tanned leather, exploring materials, construction, and design through traditional techniques and contemporary experimentation.

Developed in partnership with the Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale, the course connects students to one of Italy’s most living and expressive craft cultures.

The Course

Final Project

The Course

The program approaches leather as both a technical and creative material, inviting students to develop an understanding of its properties, behavior, and expressive range through direct studio practice.

From surface experimentation to structural construction, participants build the skills and sensibility needed to create original leather accessories.

The program develops through the complete process of accessory making, from first material encounter to finished object, with a balance of traditional techniques and contemporary design thinking.

Students are encouraged to develop a personal approach to form, function, and material expression, working with leather not just as a medium but as a language.

Set in Florence, at the center of Italy’s leather and artisan heritage, the course offers a learning environment where craft culture, creative research, and hands-on making coexist.

Final Project

The course concludes with the creation of an original leather accessory or a small capsule collection, entirely conceived and handcrafted by each student.

From initial research to finished object, participants develop their own design direction, working with vegetable-tanned leather and traditional construction techniques to produce work that reflects their creative choices, technical growth, and individual approach to accessory making.

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SCHOLA offers a curated selection of studio-based programs in craft, design, and making, developed in collaboration with accredited academic institutions and designed to carry transferable university credits.

Rooted in the Intelligence of the Hands, each program places material experimentation and hands-on practice at the center of the learning experience, offering students a form of education that is as much about making as it is about knowing.

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