I've taught boardrooms full of executives about failure, I've taught kids about failure, and one thing is universal, children take failure as well less serious than adults do. Many people take a failure in their result as a failure of a person, whereas kids just toss it aside and begin on a new thing learning from where they failed. One of my most common verbiages is "A failure is only a failure if you don't learn from your process and improve". Personally, the day I stop failing is the day I know I've stopped developing myself, the day I've stopped learning, and that's a day I am truly frightened of.

@wilsonmiller1903

2 жыл бұрын

WOW! That was about as good as the video 👍

@jackbusiness7879

2 жыл бұрын

Okay that was really good, thank you for sharing

It seems lately that I make one "keeper" for every other one I make. I think of it as a learning process. I just got finished messing up a card holder and saw this video. Perfect timing. Thanks for your awesome videos & patters!

@philkakid5617

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I don't feel like such a klutz!

I have always looked at it as prototypes , I try to improve everything including me ! . I apply this to everything not just my leatherwork, I constantly learn just like I have here, thank you guys once again a great vid 👌

I need this video today! Every failure is a chance to learn - thank you for the reminder :)

What a great way to think about it!!! It’s not failure, it’s part of the design process. I’m totally using that!!! Thanks for the great vids. Please keep them coming!!!!!

I finished a wallet last night with some really old veg tan that was super dry and I almost didn’t finish it because some of my cuts were bad. After sanding and burnishing, it actually came out decent and smoothed out the nicks, resulting in a piece that I’ll actually carry. Even the failed attempts are fun pieces and small badges of accomplishment to look back on and signify progress.

I have/had so many failures, taught me to prototype more often, but I kept a lot of those failures. What I'm realizing watching this video is to take notes along the way and keep the failure. Throw a sticky note on/in the project, take a picture and write a note on it, keep it in an album somewhere. My memory certainly is spotty, so this helps keep track of what exactly you didn't like or what specifically needed to be changed. Sometimes I'll make the same mistake because I forgot why I had changed what I changed. Anyway, love the exposure to the failure side of creating. Failure isn't an end, just an opportunity to experience a lesser success. Thanks for your videos, love your process on this stuff!

I love the authenticity of this and showing two beautifully different perspectives to the creative process. This has really given me that final push to be a little courageous and try designing my own pattern

Thank you. I really needed to hear this today because I've been so down about how my creative outlets have been doing lately. Also I will be eternally grateful that someone else has finally explained to me the thing my husband does in his head to work through things. All he'd been able to tell me before this video was that he could look at a 2D shape and tell you if it would fold into a 3D one, and now after showing him this I think I understand him a bit better. And I'm hoping the stupid feeling I'm somehow lesser because I do have to have physical everything will fade away a bit because of the example y'all shared. Maybe I am doing something right. Or at least not all wrong.

I like the way you think! My old Karate instructor always told me, "If you make a mistake and learn from it, it was NEVER a mistake to begin with - it was a LESSON!!"

Thank you so much for the transparency included in this video. I know I needed to hear this. I agree, this bit of wisdom can be applied to just about all lines of craft. Excellent mentorship. All the best to you both.

Thank you! This was more of a confirmation to me of what I have learned over the past 7 years. I have a misfits box much like your "failure" box. The only failures are the stuff you give up on, never give up!

I just started leathercraft recently and this is the mindset I came into it with. My mistakes and each wallet I make are always learning opportunities. I know I'm not going to be great from the get go. Coming into it with that mindset is helping me big time. Thank you for this video!

Thank you so much for this video! I've been feeling a bit discouraged about my failures and this really helped. I appreciate your honesty and way of thinking. I really enjoy watching all the great content you have here on this channel. Such an inspiration and helps me keep pushing towards my goals.

It’s so good that you show this,I’m sure many people watch creators on KZread and are discouraged very quickly after their attempts don’t turn out as well or “fail” I paint watercolour landscapes and “fail” regularly but often keep paintings because even just looking through them makes you realise that your failures this year are still an improvement on last year’s failures.it is also important to understand how to be critical of your own work but also not to be too hard on yourself .👏👏👏

Thank you so much for addressing this :) No one ever posts the videos of their failures, only the perfect projects.

Thank you! I have been stuck on a piece for a couple of days now and somehow watching this made something click and give me the answer I needed even though it was completely off topic of what you were showing.

This is incredibly important, and inspiring - thank you so much for your honesty and vulnerability

The fact that the test models for the wallet are in a broken box is a great metaphor.

I think its so important for people to see the failures online (especially young people), if all you look at online are finished pieces that are 10/10's then you go to look at your pieces and somethings off with it, maybe its that the seam isn't exactly straight or it's not as functional as you imagined then you feel like you're not a good crafter, but if you remember that you just learned how to succeed through that failure then you ultimately get better at whatever craft or discipline you follow. Similar to social media in general, people like to show the best of the best or that great picture of you having the "time of your life" all the time. We all subconsciously know its not always like that, but sometimes you cant help think "dang their life is amazing". I thank you for talking candidly about the greatest teacher of all FAILURE.

Thank you for this. I just started making wallets. Already, I have a bin filled with failures, mis-cut pocket pieces, trying the wrong type of leather, and so on. I just now fully completed my first failed wallet. Didn't skiff where I should have, wrong kind of thread, etc. I finished it even though I knew I wouldn't put it out to sell. I'm glad I did. It sits on a shelf under a grow light with my pots of succulent pups and winter-blooming orchids. Maybe that means something. Have a great day everyone!🌻

Thank you for this video and sharing how you have handled failed projects until you find what does work. Great lessons learned here!

This was awesome ! Happy new year guys ! Thanks for all you guys do and tips and tricks and time it takes to do these great vids

I'm studying leatherwork in a french luxury brand and I'm beginning to understand the complexity of this craft... I'm glad that I approached this craft in this way, cause other people studying with me are putting themselves through so much pressure, for example, by thinking they should reach perfection the first time they try...

Thank y’all for sharing, this is exactly what I needed to hear while working in my first bag. This may be a deep cut but the start of your talk you mentioned the “one time” when you get it right, it reminded me of the Little Giants movie halftime speech at the final game.

I want to thank you for making this video. I'm just starting out in leather craft and this really hit home. I have a tendency to be too hard on myself when it comes to my work which doesn't make it easy for me when I fail, which happens often to be honest. Learning to look at this in a different way is helping me to see leather craft more as a fun thing than a job. I do this on my own so don't really have someone to bounce things off of which doesn't help either. Patience for me is the key. If I can learn that, and also keep in mind what you talked about in this video, I think I'll be on the right track. Thanks again and I look forward to your next great video. Cheers, and be well.

Love love love your reframing of ‘failure’ to a part of the design process to a successful design!

Schools do not teach failure… if you don’t have a 100% in your results, you are a failure yourself. It’s not taught as a good lesson for life. Thank you for your honest encouraging video, it’s wonderful ❣️ Love all of your videos, I’m watching them one by one… great teaching l lessons! Thank you two!

Every time I start a new hobby I get more than enough tools and equipment I would be likely to use, but when it comes to starting a project, I start to develop a mental block, it could be fear of failure or making mistakes, I think your talk on the the subject will help me to get started, thank you and hope you have a good New Year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

@alilosoya7373

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only person who did that. I become my own block because I don’t want to fail or waste product.

Thank you for this video. You guys are so real and relatable. Though I can’t see projects in my head like you do - I do fight through things til the end even if I know things aren’t going to work out and I haven’t thrown anything away lol.

Thank you Eric and Kayleena. You are always inspiring.

I am grateful to you for discussing failing. It means so much to me. Thank-you

Thank you for this. Probably one of the best leathercraft videos I have watched

Awesome video! I love your videos - I learn so much from your channel. What I love most is you keep it real. Thank you so very much for showing us ‘behind the scenes’ and for your encouragement. Very appreciated!!!

You guys are the best teachers, and it's just so pleasant and inspiring to watch you work. Every time I'm feeling anxious about my leatherworking, or find myself with a lack of inspiration, you guys are my go-to channel. Also, the failure box is a goldmine! Never shy away from making mistakes, even though it's painful to waste materials on products you can't sell, because ultimately, every mistake is an investment made into the business, that will speed work up, make products better, and potentially sell even more and make people happy.

I got more from this than any other vid you have done I do t have another person to bounce off so it’s like you guys are in my team helping me out .

Thanks for posting this! Just getting into leathercrafting, this is a great perspective.

Bouncing off of a failure, I needed to hear this. Thank you for the video - cheers!

I have always said that failure is the greatest teacher! Excellent video! So many people needed to hear this.

I really, really appreciate you sharing this video!

This has to be one of the most important videos for all Leathercrafter to watch and understand. Thanks for sharing.

I chuckled a couple times during this. I can so relate. So many patterns. Great post.

Anyone who thinks they can 'pick up' a craft and not fail is delusional. No amount of time can pass where you can't learn something new about your craft. Failure is key to learning - Great topic to cover.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I really needed to hear this now.

Thank you so much for this video! So real and so true and very inspiring to get crafting...cheers!

This is an excellent video. Making includes a process. I've learnt with painting and drawing, that to reach goals I need to plan a process of creative study that is designed to accept flaws, shortcomings, disappointments, and have experimentation. Within a context of a planned process to learn my chosen craft and learn myself and develop, it's growth and a lot more enjoyable than just "oh I failed". Once I realised this with my own creativity, it's helped me enjoy making stuff a whole lot more, and I've developed more personally in my thinking as a result as well. I totally agree with what this video talks about.

I really enjoy the "talking" videos over the "just project" videos. You have acquired Sooooooo much knowledge over the years, it's refreshing to hear from someone who speaks with total passion and conviction. Keep it up. Btw, solely because of you and your channel, I quit my job and started my own leather business and I'm Sooooooo happy, I wish I had discovered your channel years ago.

This is so true. I have Rubbermaid buckets of "failures". It's ALL a learning process. First Attemp At Learning!!!

This needed to be said. I have a box of failures I look at once in awhile. I see where I came from and looking at what I do now I see where I'm going.

I’m half way to a pouch molded Project and the back of a is a complete failure my grove is too deep and the size of it is to short for the front so before I continue I have decided to sleep over it and maybe do a complete new back even though I already stamped, sand edges, and saw the back belt loop. Thanks for the positive uplifting message to the both of you!

Universal message... UNIVERSAL. "Failure" is a PART of the PROCESS. Thanks for sharing!

I always like to make a distinction between what is a “failure” and what is a “mistake”. The difference to me is whether or not you learn from the mistake and make an attempt to incorporate that lesson in a future attempt. If you quit and don’t implement the lesson, then it is a failure, but if you learn and use that to improve on a future endeavor then it is a temporary mistake and can actually be considered a success in the sense that you have made some degree of progress via the lessons learned and the avoidance of that same mistake in the future. This video/discussion summed it up nicely. I spent a couple years working with at risk youth in a wilderness therapy setting and that was a point/discussion that I tried to incorporate into clients’ therapeutic journey rather often. It can be applied pretty universally and that is a very valuable life perspective IMO.

I am working on a custom piece. I haven't done much design since I re-stared (6 months). I cut out the pieces and halfway through I realized I had put things together in an order that didn't work. I got frustrated because I didn't feel like I should have to redo it. I now take notes as I assemble things so I can refer to them as I make the next! An hour later this dropped and now I feel better! Thanks.

Sooo correct, if you not failing your not learning. With over 35 year in the carpentry trade, and the majority of the time was custom cabinetry, designed and built by me I still learn something new every day. I have to be able to vision start to finish before beginning any project, and starting leather crafting is the same way for how I go about it. Great video as usual. ✌

I do all my designs in my head as well... I always thought everyone could see things and design in their head as well. I learned that it is an exceptional ability , not the norm.

Excellent explanation of the creative process. Never give up, and keep on evolving until you succeed.

This truly is such an important topic! I have been a guitarist for a long while it's a lot like leathercraft in the sense that sometimes you need to get through a lot of junk before you find that perfect riff or song. I loved the example of panning for gold too. You need to stick to it and know the failure isn't a sign to stop but to keep going!

@LaniakeaLeathercrafts

2 жыл бұрын

For so long, I was too afraid to finish musical projects because I feared it would turn out like crap and that would somehow define me as a musician, even if I never planned to release it. But that mindset kept me stuck and at times, I lost my creativity because I didn't get out of my comfort zone.

There have been times where I have gone completely through a project and presented them only to have 1 thing not make it work, but that happens. You are so right you can't be afraid to put hours into something and fail. Get back on the horse and make the adjustments

Thank you for this. I'm going to start keeping my learning projects.

Thank you!!! I actually needed to hear this :)

This was probably my favorite video of yours......how to fail the correct way. Awesome, thanks.

I am a mental crafter just like you Eric. I enjoy the pattern making and prototyping process of leathercraft the most.

I’m currently working on a failed project!! I’m going to see it to the end! I can’t not finish it! Maybe it will turn out better than I thought? Such good timing on this video for me!! 😜

Thank you for this one. Seriously, thank you.

Great to pass this type of experience on. It’s all applicable to life.

Thanks Man!, actually this video and your previous one when you show how to start leatherworking gave me a lot, not only in lethercrafting which is only a hobby and not sure for how long but I can see biggger wisdom in here and something that I can use in my life . Like concept of doing stuff and getting experience... the only way to gain experience is by getting experience:-) so do, make mistakes, do something with no purposue other that doing and getting the feel and knowledge based on what you see. Thanks!

I had an Instructor that told me that the difference between the expert and the novice is that the expert has failed more times than the novice has even attempted. BTW thanks for the videos. They have and are helping me a LOT

I have a box like that 👍🏻 I sometimes even do partial work, realise it will not work, but save it in the box. Not only does I use it to learn from mistakes, but if I want to try something new, say a new edge paint. I sometimes use one of the scrapped pieces as test pieces. Good video!

It's not a failure box, it's a reliquary. Experience is a great teacher, even the mistakes and miscalculations.

GREAT, everyone should watch this. Last night I finished a piece I'd worked on for days. Fantastic design but... flawed. My spirit dropped and I quit for the night. Now I can't wait to get started on the next version.

Don't really have what to say, I just want to congratulate you on an honest opinion and a great video. Even experienced craftsman need to hear that occasionally.

Thanks indeed for making this video.

thank you, i have been doing leathercrafting for more years than i like to admit, i fail 8 out of 10 projects. this is great to hear but i didn't make it much earlier to take, i am 65 and at 35 i was diagnosed with a learning disability. i have struggles with learning all my life, it doesn't get any easier but i keep trying. it does affect me on a daily basis. but the choice is to give up, for some reason i can't quit. i get up and try all over again.

Great video and great way to look at things. I have a saying that I remind my self of when things don't go as expected.. *-- Experience comes from mistakes and greatness comes from experience! --* ( Meaning: it's okay to fail and make mistake if you learn from it and move on... ) CHEERS!

I love your honesty! You are very much a mentor and I so appreciate you and Kaylene. ( I'm sure I butchered her name... Sorry 😳) Please keep the vids coming. I've learned so much from you. You know the saying, when the student is ready, the teacher will come. You've proven this over and over! Thank you! ❤️

Needed to hear this!

Glad I found this. I'm starting leather work, am totally OCD and would have defeated myself if I have not seen this. Cheers!

Im a visionary, and I do t like to settle for less. Thats painful when it comes to making mistakes. Sometimes what you imagine is hard to construct or sometimes just not possible the way you imagine it. Its all about learning, and mistakes just make you better at your craft. I was told by a fellow woodworker “if you’re not making enough mistakes in your builds, you’re not stepping out of your comfort zone.

Hey Eric and Kayleena, loved the channel for ages now and a huge fan of your guys awesome patterns! I have one request, with your patterns, when you add a link to the video, could you add a QR code for the video? Only a small ask, but one I'm sure people would really appreciate! Thanks again for the super content and on a video so fitting, thanks for giving us the permission to fail. Charlie

Im new to leather and learning a lot with every project. My edges have been something that's bothered me the most and just recently, through various facebook groups, trial and error, I finally found a method that seems to work well for me. I'm still not perfect at it, but working towards making it better. No better way to learn than to make those mistakes, then you know what NOT to do :-D

I just got my tools today and couldn't bevel edges n destroyed the leather piece (just a scrap piece), was kinda dishearted, this is exactly what i needed, thanks.

@pamjohnson2547

2 жыл бұрын

Sharpen the bevel.. look up video on how to sharpen leather tools

@AbdulBasitKhanvlogs

2 жыл бұрын

@@pamjohnson2547 its sharp n new, i am the problem i am working on it..

@jamesmichael5417

2 жыл бұрын

keep going boss u will succeed

@jamesmichael5417

2 жыл бұрын

we all needed this video

@ZippedUpKitz

2 жыл бұрын

@@AbdulBasitKhanvlogs just because it is "New" it does t mean it is "sharp!" My beveling tools came to me so dull, I couldn't have beveled butter… after stropping them, they were working beautifully…

Truly fantastic.

Thank you!.. I have a huge bag of practice watch bands😁😁

your vids give me inspiration. its easy to purchase a template and produce "your" product, but i purchased card stock and create my own "templates". tyfs

Thank you for this.

Lol. I tend to keep my failures around until I've worked out all the kinks. I had about (8) fubar'd wallets at one point. Made every mistake possible--including how to mix and where to use various weights and types of material. Each project is practice for the next one. Enjoy your channel!

Really the best video I've seen today

Thanks I am 61 yrs old was hurt a few years ago. Not able to work but i can sit for a few hours and do my leather. Its funny cause i just went back a few days ago and looked at some of my first pieces that i hide. But i did not give up Thanks to some of your patterns and watching your videos i sell a piece now and then. Thanks you.

Super message! THX

I have aphantasia and it’s been so frustrating. I love to hear that both ways to design work. And fail!

@kayleena8644

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Hands on is the process that makes sense to me. I didn’t realize people can actually picture things in their mind until Eric and I started talking about it.

@EM-cg4iy

2 жыл бұрын

@@kayleena8644 the most hobbling part for me about it is I got the idea that looking at reference materials is cheating. :-( I thought I *had* to be able to picture things in my head and if I couldn’t then I wasn’t creative. Trying to rectify it now!

thank you for doing this video

I bought one of your long wallet patterns. I will modify it to use for a phone instead of the zippered pouch.

I recently made my own phone case out of leather I made several patterns out of paper and then after about a month of design and mathematics and all I cut it out and put it together and it turned out AWESOME!! ....the phone holster I made took a couple of attempts lol but it turned out cool too!!

As a cook and automotive painter this video applies to every parts of life failing is how I learn things. I bought a side of leather and just started working on it fucking up is the only way I have ever learned its also a learning process to accept something is as good as it can be at the time and keep moving on. I also have to finish a project even if I know its failing...just because I want to see how the end product looks and see how badly I fuckedup and practice makes perfect.

Great video!

Thankyou for sharing that.

Thanks for articulating the importance of the process to success. As Samuel Beckett said, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

Ha! I wish my failures looked that good. When it goes sideways for me, it really goes sideways. I think I've thrown away a whole cow of leather last year. Trying to work out the patterns first this year and take them to completion. Completion is the key. I'm also making build sheets as a reminder of what didn't work.

I appreciate this video. I have done leathercraft in the past but currently have not been really doing anything with it due to discouragement from nerve problems in my hands. It's not that I can't make anything; it's just that I can't figure out a way to do leather work again with my current disabilities. I'm the type that gets seriously discouraged when I can't do things the way I used to. Do I want to make great leather projects? Yes. But I can't seem to shake the depression that hinders me due to physical challenges I don't know how to work around. If you think of me, pray for me. I need some serious encouragement but can't seem to find it. I'll keep watching. Who knows, maybe the Lord will use something yall say and do to get me out of this funk I've been in for a few years now.

They should show this video at fashion schools. As someone who came from that background, this is information I would have definitely valued hearing