For all those folks who’ve asked me about project classes, we have a discussion coming up at the next Member Meeting that is greatly going to effect our ability to hold some of the classes you’ve requested. If you can attend the meeting, please do so and support CA in maintaining some flexibility in how students can obtain materials for classes. If you don’t have your voting rights yet, please request them if you can or at least come add your voice to the chorus.
If DMS has to supply everything, there will be no specialty hardware, linen thread, color choices in some cases or high end leathers at all because CA simply can’t afford to supply them. If instructors want to supply them to you, then they will be forfeiting honorarium and may have to start adding on additional class fees with all the headaches of Eventbrite. None of us want to do that, but I’m sure you’d agree instructors’ time in a hands-on project class is worth at least their gas money & lunch especially when they’re willing to bring the extra-special good stuff for you to use in class.
THEN…after all that - please be on the lookout on the calendar for a leather covered belt buckle class. This will happen regardless of the outcome of the meeting as CA will be supplying all the materials, so no worries there. Even if a buckle is not your thing, Nick will be teaching lacing, using clicker dies to cut leather with a hand press and larger scale debossing/stamping with laser cut dies and his finishing technique to make the image really pop - REALLY COOL STUFF, kids. If you want to get leathery, be on the lookout - it will be held after Turkey Day.