#leathermaking

[blackbackedjackal]

Some friends that just came out of the tanning bath! Just need to be oiled and broken in after their complementary shampoo & grooming.

[solarpunkani]

How much am I allowed to post/ramble about the solarpunk zombie apocalypse story I'm working on before it gets annoying.

Bonus points: I haven't actually gotten to the solarpunk part of it.

[leatherbagskingdom]

This small belt bag is ideal for carrying cash, keys, pocket knives, or other small items. You just need to have this bag in your collection.

The small belt bag is made of genuine high-quality leather with a pull-up effec. Over time, the leather will acquire a noble patina, which will make the bag unique and unrepeatable.

The bag is 100% handmade.

This bag is perfect for walking around town or traveling.

It is a great gift for father, brother, friend, etc.

This bag will become your favorite accessory.

[tree-of-blue-squirrel]

Human leather would technically be the most vegan. Bear with me for a moment.

Legally gathered is what mean. Think about it. You sign a legal document stating you agree that your skin is later to be used for leathermaking. Since you are not a cow and can read, it is the most ethical form of leather. Even if it's a bit morbid.

Would there be scams and illegal harvesting? Of course, but it's not like organ theft isn't already a thing. But human leather would technically be cheaper, since people die all the time and unlike organ donating you don't have to wait for a specific blood type. Also, the most real estate leather would likely come from the back, which you don't see even in the event of an open casket funeral, so if you preserve skinless parts in some way you can have a theoretical steady supply.

Financial compensation would likely also be a thing, whether for the donor while they are alive or the family in case of a deceased donor.

It would not be vegan, but veganism stands on the basis of the ethicality of animal-sourced products anyways, so the human-sourced leather would be vegan in that sense.

"Vegan Leather"

Plastic. just say plastic.

[junseoing]

han damwoo now legally obligated to also open a twitch where he streams lego builds or something.

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Cleo and Gem are related! Gem never realized this, because while she did hear stories about great-aunt Cleophas, who was weird and had useless skills like leathermaking and decorative woodcarving and knew swear words in protogalactic and ran off with some poet to presumably die, she's never really linked it to ZombieCleo, who is weird and has odd skills like leathermaking and armour stand magic and knows swear words in Zombie and hangs out with an even weirder poet.

Cleo, on the other hand, is not aware she has any niblings, let alone great-niblings.

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[femmedinfire]

for today's culinary creation, i bring you sumac-ade!

the concotion seen brewing here is a beverage popular here in Appalachia, made from the fruit of a plant called sumac

these small fruits, called drupes, are almost entirely one large seed covered in a leathery skin, so there is not much worth eating

however! the external skin has a coating of malic acid that gives it a sour flavor, and sumac lemonade seeks to use that malic acid to make a tart beverage

the drink is made first as a cold infusion, as heat introduces an unpleasant astringency from the fruit to the drink

soak the drupes in cool water and rub gently with your fingers before letting infuse overnight

the next day, filter the liquid through something like double cheesecloth, add a sweetener (maple syrup is common, and a splash of lemon juice to add a little complexity, and the drink should be finished

there are three species of edible sumac in the Eastern United States, and I believe the one we used for this batch was non-ideal for this recipe

a typical sumac-ade should be a pink color and decently tart without any reduction, whereas this batch was very weakly flavored and a pale yellow

we ended up reducing the infusion down to concentrate the acid, but that also concentrated a lot of herbal flavors i was not fond of

we ended mixing it with high proof spirits and producing an interesting herbal liqueur

ill likely retry this experiment with another local species, as well explore sumac's other uses as a dye, a spice, and a source of tannins for leathermaking

[rippleclan]

[Image ID: The word "Artisans" above a pixel music note.]

Since my Clans have cooking, pottery, and other early society inventions, they need a role responsible for crafting those items. They also need cats who can provide entertainment to their Clan, relieving the pressure of their daily lives with art and beauty. Therefore, we have the artisans. Like caretakers, we can split an artisan's responsibilities into three categories; crafting, trade, and entertainment. RippleClan has yet to find an artisan as of Moon 12, but when they do, they'll take over these tasks.

Artisans: Crafting

Artisans are responsible for crafting the tools and resources used by the Clan. With over a century of culture at their paws and generations of cats developing their skills, artisans are able to make a lot of goods! There are a lot of different crafts out there, but here are some of the most important/interesting:

Weaving: The Clans make twine out of materials like milkweed to craft baskets, which are perfect for storing food, herbs, and various other items.

Pottery: The Clans make frequent use of clay from the Great Northern River and the coastline to craft pottery. Pottery is great for storing liquids and other items too small to keep in baskets. It also allows the Clans to have cookware for various dishes!

Leathermaking: The Clans take the pelts of their prey and make leather out of it. This leather can line den floors, warm nests, or use to cover cats who have lost fur and need extra warmth. These coverings are some of the most complex crafts an artisan can work on. Currently, the Clans are experimenting with more customizable leatherwork, such as sleeves that can be worn over paws to fiddle with fire. Items like bags are some ways off, as baskets tend to do the job well.

Accessories: The Clans can make some accessories that are worn around camp, to Gatherings, or to otherwise boost appearance. Necklaces are the most common accessory (such as the simple twine necklace given to Twinekit upon her death), but tail wraps/bracelets are also popular.

Food: Artisans are the main cats responsible for cooking meals for the Clan using the resources gathered by caretakers. While caretakers tend the fire and large structures used for artisan crafts, artisans are the ones who work with them. This is why Downstar took up artisan tasks when she founded RippleClan, as her caretaker training sometimes crossed with artisan knowledge.

Woodwork: Most of the Clan's woodworking involves carving with twigs, sticks, and branches. The task of bringing down an entire tree is demanding, extremely difficult, and disliked by most cats due to the negative impact a dead tree has on the rest of the forest. As such, the Clans scavenge what wood they can or cut out branches from a tree trunk.

Tool-making: Artisans take stones and sharpen them into tools for their other crafts. A lot of their tools wouldn't be that familiar to human audiences, as they are designed to work when held in a cat's mouth or between two paws.

Artisans: Trade

Since artisans are responsible for crafting the tools of the Clans, they journey to their neighbor's borders and engage in trade. Most trade is a simple bartering system; one Clan gives another a basket in exchange for a pot, a jar of oil for a rare and brilliant stone. Artisans have a largely unspoken agreement on the value of certain items, based on how easily said resource can be obtained across all five Clans and its uses. The value also adjusts based on the quality of the work done. Artisans argue and barter about the value of their goods and what they should get in return. A good artisan apprentice learns how to craft a good argument, often joining codekeeper apprentices in their lessons on the subject. An outsider would likely be confused by the leaps of logic artisans make in their arguments, but it's just the language of trade.

Artisans are often joined by mediators when they need to discuss diplomacy or trade services as opposed to goods. Artisans do some of their best work during the Gathering, when everyone brings supplies for communal dishes and hostilities are forgotten for a while.

Artisans: Entertainment

When artisans aren't working on their crafts or going to the borders, they entertain their Clanmates. They learn songs, dance, and play some of the few instruments the Clans have made for themselves. You'll often find a few artisans performing at the Gathering or other Clan-wide holidays/celebrations. They make dye and paint on rocks or leather in a rudimentary canvas (the latter of which must be carefully stored to prevent damage). They even make carvings from wood and stone.

Like historians, artisans tell stories, but their tales are purely fictional. With fictional tales, they can play with morals and impart lessons on others without the suffering of real cats. They may supplement these stories with acting, carvings, and even some of the strangest accessories of all; masks. These shows and performances lend artisans to the task of holiday preparation and organization, making sure everyone in the Clan makes sure to take time off.

RippleClan... really needs an artisan.

[bonefall]

Considering the "march of technology" in Clan culture and the span of time between Thunder and, say, Briarlight -- is Briarlights mobility device more advanced than we give it credit for or is Thunder's prosthetic, like, incredibly simplistic? Literally a leg-shaped stick? Or is the progression of accessability options over time less of an upward trend? Would knowledge wax and wane depending on the era and how tolerant Clan culture is of the disabled at the time?

Did advanced techniques like weaving, leathermaking, or cooking exist back in BB!DOTC or are they developed over the following decades?

They developed over the ensuring decades, but cooking and leatherwork both come from Tribe culture! When the Sundrown Patrol shacks back up with them in TNP, many generations later, they are actually going to find that Tribal leatherwork is more advanced than Clan leatherworking, and they also cook their food

(Crowfoot smugly glances at Squirrelpaw like "look it's that thing you don't do, wormbelly")

Park Cats don't make tools like this, by the way. They had no need or desire. Before the destruction of the Park, the humans provided everything in terms of trash cans, kibble handouts, so on. Individual groups would fight for landmarks, but resources were more based around food and recreation, not crafting reagents.

There's a point where Thunder Storm ends up making friends with River Ripple, not knowing he's a prince or even speaking the same language, just because he hands him a hot, roasted mouse.

The leg prosthetic is basically a leg-shaped stick with "good leather" by the standards of the time, strapped to his nub. I drew him once without the prosthetic, if you want to see what he's got. There's a teeeeeny weenie bit of leg below the knee.

But anyway yes knowledge waxes and wanes. Wildfur's mobility device was super unique and built on BloodClan contribution, Littlecloud and Cinderpelt had a little adventure going to Chelford for ideas. Briarlight's is SHOCKINGLY advanced and a testament to Jessie's genius, but built on what Cinder and Little had already invented.

[blackbackedjackal]

I'm not mad I'm just disappointed because if you spent two seconds to think about how fur and leather alone has deep ties to human culture and our understanding and appreciation of the natural world it's honestly really beautiful and just feels so strange to me that people who say they love nature want to divorce themselves from it.

Like yes, capitalism bad. I don't agree with the way that animals are treated as products to the point where blatant animal cruelty is excused by mega corporations. I want places like that to be held accountable and made to follow higher welfare standards for the animals they raise and the underpaid employees out there working in sometimes awful and very unsafe conditions.

But if you're simultaneously ignoring the culture of African leathermaking or the beautiful leather and wool textiles crafted by Indigenous artisans or the ways that ancient humans appreciated the animals they killed for meat and clothing by telling stories and making art depicted on the skins of the animals they took, that's what bothers me.

So many people are willing to just attack vulnerable communities instead of learning about thier culture and how animal products were used traditionally and today. There are better ways to raise animals for products sustainably and humanely and many of these communities have spoken very loudly about it but are yelled over by people who just want to be right or don't want to listen or just don't care.

So yes, I will continue to speak my mind and educate myself because if nothing else I wanna be the start of the change I wanna see in the world. I love animals and I love learning the history of humans and our relationships to animals. I want to be able to appreciate them in the ways we always have. With respect to the natural world and understanding that we're also a part of it.

[spanishskulduggery]

Is there a difference between cristal and vidrio?

It depends

In some countries they're synonymous for "glass"

I think of el cristal as being more commonplace, but el vidrio is more common in technical terms especially in terms of glassblowing and glaziers

There's a difference in terms of chemistry and technical terms, but I've found that when talking about "panes of glass" or the glass part of something el cristal is more common but vidrio isn't wrong

But! Keep in mind that el cristal can mean "crystal" and not just "glass", so it can have other uses

To me, the difference between the two words is similar to the one between la piel and el cuero for "leather", where la piel (though it literally is "skin") is more common, el cuero is a bit more technical; and there's a technical difference in terms of leathermaking but for the layperson they come out as synonymous

[leatherbagskingdom]

Stylish, durable and comfortable leather bag for the camera.

When traveling, it is very important that the camera is protected.

This bag keeps your camera safe.

This bag will be your best travel companion.

This is a great gift for your loved ones.

[parchmentknight]

> be me > starting leathermaking, getting supplies online > need a leather stitching pony to hold my work > what im looking for:

> cool. bring up the search engine > type "leather pony" > hit enter > mfw actual leather ponies

[roakkaliha]

this leathermaker i follow is doing some kinda collab with an artist, where they sell an adopt that comes with custom leather gear themed around that adopt. n idk, that seems cool in concept.

[68uhuhuhu]

THIS! 100% THIS!!

Guqin mastery, piano mastery, guitar, lute, ocarina, otamatone, violin, viola, cello, flute, pan pipe, harmonica, electric guitar, pipe organs, the littler organs Idk what they're called, hurdy-gurdy, banjo, accordion, concertina, albolka, dulcimer, washboard, bass, drums, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANUY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THERE ARE IN THE WORLD AND HOW LITTLE TIME I HAVE TO PRACTICE??? [I didn't even go into music]

Then there's the other things: literature of every people, linguistics of all the world [good grief just learning the languages themselves] and the crafts oh the crafts! there's sewing, and crocheting, and knitting, and quilting, and spinning, and leathermaking, and shoemaking, and carpentry, and whittling, and stonecarving, and pottery making, and bookbinding, and scribing, and drawing with charcoal and graphite, and painting with goauche and acrylic and oil and watercolor and mixed media, and papercutting, and papermaking, and upholstery

And automechanics, and robot building, and

And geology and geography and carbon dating and physics and quantum physics and that thing that lets you make zero gravity by spinning in a tube and sciences were never my strong suit BUT SCIENCES ARE WHAT LETS US DO COOL THINGS WITH SPACE STUFF

and programming and C, C++,C#, vb.net, Rust, R, Ruby, Springboot, Java, COBOL, visual basic, binary, and all the other programmings languages and all the cool things you can do with those

Biathanatos.

and ham radio, and electromagnetic waves

and veterinary medicine, and medicine,

and bushcraft, and hunting, and tannery, and how do you make leather out of FISHSKIN?? and can you really identify things by the different types of ash and what are the different types of ash and how do you learn them? and cooking, so many different ways of cooking! all the different dishes till you have them all memorized so you can cook all your favorite dishes of the world to taste

and the thing the chocolate guy does where its sculpting but with food

and cake decorating and

and soapmaking and animal husbandry and goatmilking and the insanity of keeping goats alive

and horse riding and horse showing off and horse care

and archery and swordfighting and all the different types of sword fighting and muay thai and tai kwan do and krav maga and mixed martial arts and tai chi and iaido and all the other martial arts out there and jousting and gun shooting and gun making

and blacksmithing and tinsmithing and silversmithing and glassblowing and

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PRACTICE BUT A FEW OF THESE WHEN I HAVE TO WORK TOO!!!! TT_TT