Leather has interested me throughout this course. Last night whilst waiting for my plastics to bubble down I sat near the fire sewing up the six edges of this leather pyramid shape. made from 100% the triangles were first cut out, then holes were made using a hammer and nails, and then leather strips were used as a cord to sew it all together.
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| All sewn up. |
Next I dropped the leather pyramid into a pot of boiling water, the effects of this surprised me, I knew that leather was supposed to harden in boiling water.
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| Boiled pyramid, 'tough as old boots.' |
In the process of hardening the whole pyramid shrunk, I assume that in the shrinking the leather compacted into a harder form.
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| All of the sewn sides tightened when boiled. |
The final result was a very strong shape.
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| Some warping around the sewn sides. |
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