LEATHER CRAFTER

ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft
264 Duke Street, Suite 401
Hamilton, ON L8P 1Y3
Canada

Colorado Saddle Makers Association
P.O. Box 385
Franktown, CO 80116
Web site: http://www.coloradosaddlemakers.org
CSMA is a nonprofit organization that represents Colorado's professional saddle makers. It aims to encourage the tradition of handmade western saddles. It provides educational programs and encourages communication between saddle makers.

The Honourable Cordwainers' Company
Web site: http://www.thehcc.org
This organization works to preserve the skills, techniques, and traditions of boot and shoe making, and associated trades. It has a growing international membership of men and women.

International Internet Leather Crafter's Guild
Web site: http://www.iilg.org
This guild uses the Internet to bring together leather workers from around the world. It aims to promote the art and craft of leather by helping people share ideas and information.

O-MI-O Leathercraft Guild
(810) 984-3228
e-mail: cjbleather@advnet.net
A group of leather crafters from Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario.

Tandy Leather Company
5882 E. Berry Street
Fort Worth, TX 76119
(888) 890-1611
e-mail: tlc@tandyleather.com
Web site: http://www.tandyleather.com
Tandy Leather has long been the resource of leather crafters. It offers quality tools, leather accessories, kits, and teaching resources.

WEB SITES

The Honourable Cordwainers' Company
http://www.thehcc.org

International Internet Leather Guild
http://iilg.org

PERIODICALS

The Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal
331 Annette Court
Rhinelander, WI 54501-2902
(888) 289-6409
(715) 362-5393
e-mail: journal@newnorth.net
Written for the leather crafting community, this is the only publication for the craft. Endorsed by the IILG.

VIDEO

Carving Leather
Featuring Bob Dellis, professional leather carver, in a set of ten carving videos teaching viewers how to carve leather. See the IILG Web site (http://www.iilg.org) for ordering information.