Introducing Wildhart Workshop

Welcome to Wildhart Workshop - Providing quality Leatherwork and Costume products and services here in New Zealand and Worldwide.


My name is Shae, and I have over a decade of experience in costume and leatherwork, and servicing large scale productions for stage and screen as well as re-enactment and custom small scale requests - if you want something cool, I've got you covered. My workshop, based just south of Thames, New Zealand, is capable of catering to both one off requests and large production runs, and facilitating connections with a wide network of skilled professionals that we can draw from to assist in bespoke projects of any scale. 

The workshop caters to many NZ companies providing custom leather parts and products at a kiwi-made quality, and on commercial scale, featuring in film production, on stage and in live action events.

 

What can we provide?

I'm often asked this question, and the best answer is, "Well, what do you need?"
Whether it is working alongside you in the design process, right through to completion, or providing services to streamline your process or give that professional finish, I can help. 

My experience in leatherwork for commercial products and costume craft covers a huge range of skills including:

  • bespoke leather tooling
  • vintage restoration and repair
  • russet carving and moulding
  • historic costume and armorcraft
  • live action set props 
  • stunt-capable costume
  • multimedia costume
  • patterndrafting and design
  • traditional tailoring and seamstressing
  • bookbinding
  • industrial leather parts and products such as fittings, hinges, gaskets, handles etc

The workshop can also help with a range of streamlining services such as

  • bulk hydraulic and laser cutting
  • airbrush colouring
  • hydraulic embossing
  • foil and heatpress
  • machine riveting
  • machine eyletting

 

.Also, for those of you with time and security sensitive projects and productions, I am also happy to provide an in-house delivery service to the Auckland area. 

 

Leatherwork, Costume and Props classes are also available to individuals and small classes both at my site or yours. Get in contact via WildHartWorkshop@gmail.com to discuss how to get creating!