Katherine Pogson
Katherine Pogson is an accessories designer who has specialised in leather for the last ten years. Trained at thre Royal College of Art and with a background in theatre design, Katherine has recently written Complete Leatherwork, a practical guide to making over 20 different projects.
Katherine offers group and indiviual tuition in handbag-making and leather accessories through Designer Courses at her central London studio.
Students include those setting up in business for themselves, creative amateurs, and designers from other disciplines.
One-to-one lessons
Group Classes
How to make a handbag evening course
Katherine Pogson’s original and famous How to make a handbag course gives you the chance to explore the process of creating a handbag to your own design, from conceiving the original idea, through to making up the finished article
Starting with design, you will look at sketches and ideas in flat form, and discover ways of developing volume and shape. You will go on to create a resolved pattern and work through the stages to make up the finished article, picking up some professional tips along the way. This course consists of seven three-hour sessions:
• Create a working pattern: exploring volume and shape.
• Develop your design: choosing colours, materials, fittings and styles.
• Prepare: learn to mark up, cut out, reinforce and make linings.
• Add detail: pockets, zips and tabs.
• Stitch by hand, domestic or industrial machine.
• Work with leather: edges, skiving, cylinder arm machines.
• Finishing techniques: attaching straps, handles and metal fittings.
You will be able to choose your own materials and fittings and receive a comprehensive information pack including information on suppliers, tools, equipment and other resources, together with key technical tips for successful making.
Bring along some ideas, inspirations and examples of bags you love, to help you get started. Beginners are encouraged to work in fabric; leather is possible for those with some existing sewing experience.
You will have the opportunity to choose and order your own materials and fittings in the first class and receive a comprehensive information pack including information on suppliers, tools, equipment and other resources, together with key step by step tips for successful making.
It's a:
workshop
Venue:
Designer Courses, Cockpit Arts
Location:
Holborn, London, United Kingdom
Date and time:
7 Thursdays,2 February - 15 March, 6.00 - 9.00pm
Rates:
£420.00, plus £40.00 materials. Leather fashion accessories
Katherine Pogson, author of Complete Leatherwork, introduces a range of construction, decoration and finishing techniques for leather fashion accessories and other products. In this enjoyable hands-on class, you will experiment with a variety of different approaches and apply them to designs of your own - including bags, belts, purses, and other leather accessories.
Day one focuses on classic leatherwork and saddlery techniques: you will learn to cut, colour, stamp and polish hide, master the art of saddle-stitching, and practice fixing buckles, studs and eyelets. You will make your own individually designed belts, cuffs, boxes or other objects from firm leather, and discover how to mould leather for 3D effects.
Day two explores the softer world of fashion leather, nappa and suede. Practise vital techniques for machine-sewing leather including straight and curved seams, experiment with foiling, appliqué and other methods of surface decoration. You will design and make your own purse, small bag or other soft leather item, using a combination of these techniques.
It's a:
workshop
Venue:
Designer Courses, Cockpit Arts
Location:
Holborn, London, United Kingdom
Date and time:
24 & 25 March 2012, 10.30 - 4.30pm.
Rates:
£265.00, icluding materials worth £30.00. How to make a handbag weekend
Construct your own handbag from scratch in this fast-paced workshop - an intensive two day version of the famous How to make a handbag evening course. Adapt a pattern to your own design, and work through the stages to make up the finished article, picking up some professional tips along the way.
You will:
Adapt a pattern from a choice of existing blocks
Work with linings and facings
Attach pockets, handles and zips
Apply metal fittings for professional results
On this weekend, beginners will find it easiest to work in fabric. Lightweight leather is possible for those with some experience.
It's a:
workshop
Venue:
Cockpit Arts
Location:
Northington Streett, Holborn, London, United Kingdom
Date and time:
21 & 22 April,10.30 - 5.30pm.
Rates:
£320.00, including materials worth £40. Experience
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust scholar 2011
Katherine Pogson became a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust scholar in 2011.
Dates:
Mar 2011 Designer-maker and course leader
Katherine Pogson set up Designer Courses in 2005 to offer practical short courses in craft and design.
Dates:
Jul 2005 - Oct 2011 Educational history
Master of Arts
Dates:
September, 1995 - June, 1998
Institution:
Royal College of Art
Katherine completed an MA by project, a research project focusing on leather techniques for fashion, in 1998.
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Aimed at: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.
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