2026 Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show Workshops
Workshop Registration is available IN PERSON ONLY at this time.
Please come to the Box Office in the Whitney Center for the Arts to do so.
To access information about your workshop(s), download the trade show booklet here.
| WC Table Link Address | INSTRUCTOR LAST | DAY(S) ABRRE-VIATED | DATE(S) | TIME OF DAY | STUDENT FEE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Styles Tally Book | Bennett | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $150 |
| 3-Ring Binder with Zipper | Martin | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $395 |
| 3D Bison Skull – Leather Sculpture | Linnell | WED-THU | 5/13 - 5/14 | see description | $225 |
| 3D Western Saddle | Volbach | WED-THU | 5/13 - 5/14 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | $290.00 |
| A Dang Nice Handmade Wallet | Heizer | WED | 5/13 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $250 |
| Acrylic Painting on Leather | Libertini | FRI | 5/15 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $185 |
| Adding Color to Your Carving – Thursday | Martiny | THU | 5/14 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| Adding Color to Your Carving – Friday | Martiny | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| Advanced Bookbinding for Beginners | Heizer | THU | 5/14 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $250 |
| Advancing Your Leather Carving | Martiny | WED | 5/13 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $185 |
| All About Piping | Martin | TUE | 5/12 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | $85 |
| All About Zippers | Martin | WED | 5/13 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | $85 |
| Alligator and Cow Sling Bag | Vaughan | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $245 |
| Alligator and Hair on Cow Guitar Strap | Vaughan | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $225 |
| Apple Pencil + iPad: Better Carving Pattern Designs | Van Horne | SAT | 5/16 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| Basic Cincha Making | Bork | FRI | 5/15 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $350 |
| Beginner’s Floral Carving | Gonzales | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $165 |
| Bookkeeping Nitty Gritty | Benefiel | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| Braided Cover Knots | Boyles - Carter | FRI | 5/15 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| BtW: Build a Better Business | Clack - Magnus | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| BtW: How to Market Your Business | Clack - Magnus | FRI | 5/15 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| BtW: Shopify - Build and Improve Your Online Store | Clack - Magnus | SAT | 5/16 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| Build a Chap Purse | Baugher | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $300 |
| Build a Trophy Buckle Purse | Baugher | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $300 |
| Building the Chapron | Baugher | TUE | 5/12 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $225 |
| Carving Influence of F.O. Baird | Linnell | WED | 5/13 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm | $125 |
| Color Patterning on Leather | Williams | FRI | 5/15 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $175 |
| Concepting Your Work with A.I. | Reach | SAT | 5/16 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | $95 |
| Draw & Tool Basic Flowers - Joe Meling | Meling | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $150 |
| Drop-in Liner Style Purse | Martin | TUE | 5/12 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $425 |
| Emboss a Moose! | Flanagan | WED-THU | 5/13 - 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $300 |
| Fearless Swivel Knife Use | Linnell | SAT | 5/16 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| Floral Carving Depth and Realism | Gonzales | WED | 5/13 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $250 |
| Floral Pattern Drawing | Gonzales | TUE | 5/12 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $250 |
| From Maker to Entrepreneur | Benefiel | SAT | 5/16 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| From Pencil to PC: Introduction to Vector Drawing | Skinner | THU | 5/14 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| Getting Intense Depth with Tooling | Corral | THU | 5/14 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | $125 |
| Getting the Most From Your Leather Investment: Breaking Down a Side of Veg Tan – Joe Meling – Tuesday | Meling | TUE | 5/12 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | $95 |
| Getting the Most From Your Leather Investment: Breaking Down a Side of Veg Tan - Joe Meling - Wednesday | Meling | WED | 5/13 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | $95 |
| Glues, Dyes, and Finishes 101 | Katzke | FRI | 5/15 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $100 |
| Half Moon Clutch | Martin | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $425 |
| Headstall with Browband | Wurtz | SAT | 5/16 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | $190.00 |
| Heritage Crossbody Purse | Martin | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $395 |
| How to Start Tooling | Corral | THU | 5/14 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| Intermediate Carving/Stamping for Youth | Orton | SAT | 5/16 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | $25 |
| Introduction to Figure Carving | Linnell | FRI | 5/15 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $175 |
| Introduction to Tattooling | Forrester | THU | 5/14 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | $95 |
| Leather Inlay Embellishments | Martin | SAT | 5/16 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $150 |
| Leather Jackets 101: How to Make a Leather Jacket | Pierce | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $150 |
| Leather Jackets 102: The Details | Pierce | FRI | 5/15 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| Looking Back Horse | Flanagan | FRI | 5/15 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | $125 |
| Making Decorative Cuts With a Purpose - Joe Meling | Meling | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $150 |
| Modeling Spoon Finesse | Reach | SAT | 5/16 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $95 |
| Modeling Spoon Magic | Toussaint | THU | 5/14 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $225 |
| Modified Al Stohlman Flower Pattern | Volbach | TUE | 5/12 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | $175 |
| Pattern Making for Leather Craft | Reach | FRI | 5/15 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $175 |
| Photography 101 for Leather Crafters | James | WED | 5/13 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | $175 |
| Professional Holster Making with Slickbald | Andre | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $200 |
| Professional Sheath Making with Slickbald | Andre | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $300 |
| Saddles – The Hape Method | Hape | TUE-FRI | 5/12 - 5/15 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $750 |
| Saddles 1 – with Wayne Hape | Hape | TUE | 5/12 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $200 |
| Saddles 2 – with Wayne Hape | Hape | WED | 5/13 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $200 |
| Saddles 3 – with Wayne Hape | Hape | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $200 |
| Saddles 4 – with Wayne Hape | Hape | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $200 |
| Sculpting with Leather | Libertini | SAT | 5/16 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | $185 |
| Shotgun Chaps Pattern Drafting | Baugher | TUE | 5/12 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | $175 |
| Silver Creek Leather's Introduction to Leathercraft for Youth | Creek | SAT | 5/16 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | $0 |
| Silver Creek Leather's Workshop for Veterans | Creek | SAT | 5/16 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | $0 |
| Slickbald's Demystifying the Stitcher: Classes 4 and 26 | Andre | WED | 5/13 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | $95 |
| Spanish Ring Knots | Boyles - Carter | FRI | 5/15 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| Swift Masterclass Tooling Demo | Corral | SAT | 5/16 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $90 |
| Swift Office Hours | Corral | FRI | 5/15 | Call 715-362-5393 to schedule. | $125 |
| Swivel Knife Finesse | Volbach | FRI | 5/15 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | $175 |
| Tooled Rifle Sling - Joe Meling | Meling | TUE | 5/12 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | $250 |
| Tooling Celtic Knots with Style | Corral | SAT | 5/16 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | $125 |
| Twin Ring Belt | Boyles - Carter | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | $180 |
| Vests 101: Fitting | Pierce | SAT | 5/16 | 8:00 am - 2:00 pm | $175 |
| Vests 102: The Details | Pierce | SAT | 5/16 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $40 |
| Wet Forming & Molding Leather - Friday | Dorsett | FRI | 5/15 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| Wet Forming & Molding Leather - Saturday | Dorsett | SAT | 5/16 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | $125 |
| WSH: Deeper Cuts, Cleaner Lines | Garvey | THU | 5/14 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | $125 |
| WSH: Finishing Touches Demo | Garvey | THU | 5/14 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | $125 |
| WSH: Gussets, Gussets, Gussets | Garvey | WED | 5/13 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | $200 |
| WSH: Leather Tooling Masterclass | Garvey | WED | 5/13 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | $50 |
| WSH: Mastering Design and Layout | Garvey | FRI | 5/15 | 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm | $200 |
| WSH: Morning Warm-up: Drawing Fundamentals | Garvey | SAT | 5/16 | 7:30 am - 9:00 am | $45 |
| WSH: Scrolls, Scrolls, Scrolls | Garvey | SAT | 5/16 | 10:00am - 5:00 pm | $200 |
| WSH: Tooling Demo | Garvey | FRI | 5/15 | 7:30 am - 9:00 am | $75 |