Gordon Andrus
Principles of Floral Design and Tooling
Principles of Floral Design and Tooling
Regular price
$67.00 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$67.00 USD
Unit price
per
Couldn't load pickup availability
Or get it FREE, plus 100+ courses and patterns inside the Learn with Illume Membership!!
Join the MembershipInstructor: Gordon Andrus
Course Length: 5 hours | Lessons: 18
Skill Level: Advanced
Design leather floral patterns that flow
Great leather tooling starts with strong design. In this course, Gordon Andrus teaches the principles behind creating balanced, flowing floral designs for leather tooling, helping you move beyond copying patterns to truly understanding how they work.
You’ll learn how the core elements of floral tooling—flowers, stems, and supporting forms like acanthus—connect and grow together to create natural movement and structure for the eye to follow. With a focus on how leather design differs from drawing in the natural world, this course gives you the tools to design patterns that feel cohesive and intentional.
Whether you’re continuing your training in western floral tooling or looking to improve your design work, this course helps you bring more clarity and confidence to every pattern you create.
About your Instructor:
Gordon Andrus is a formally trained fine artist and experienced leather craftsman whose work is rooted in paying attention to the details. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Utah State University and a Master’s degree in fine art from Alfred University.
With decades of experience in leatherwork, Gordon brings an artist’s perspective to traditional western tooling, helping makers understand not just how to tool—but how to design patterns that are balanced, intentional, and visually compelling.
