Not sure how to answer this.....Its not any different than a good welder, metal shaper, body and paint guy who knows there craft well, Lots an lots of hours put in till you figure what your capable of. Greg is right talent helps. Knowing how to see the final product finished and the steps to get there is one of the harder steps. You could ask 10 different interior shops how they do it and get 20 different answers, The basic steps are still the same for everyone I'm sure.
Know what you want it to look like or a good idea of a direction to go. The real special tools to our trade is not as much as you think, Sewing Machine, good glue guns,steamer,and a bunch of hand tools, The rest is the same as you would use in a metal shop or wood shop. I use aluminum for just about all are base panels then draw my designs on them and start making the parts with metal, fiberglass,foam,mdf board an pour foam,This is where the skills and experience come in. Sewing will take the longest to perfect and being able to lay your patterns out in the right shape, that comes from a s#it load of hours doing it. I know from experience because I sucked at it for the first couple of years then finally started to get the hang of it. knowing which kind of foams and where to use them is something you have to learn hands on. The best thing you could do is try and get in to a shop and work there to get as much hands on training as possible and see if its what you want to do. Theres a lot of good interior shops around that don't always do custom work but know the trade well you could learn from. The picture of the car in your post is from Shannon Walters, very good interior guy. He has his own style that works for him and you could develop your style over time also. Buy a used sewing machine and try it. I was going to post some pics of different steps but Photobucket has changed since the last time I put any pics up. Go thru the INTERIOR section on this site and look for a thread I started awhile ago... Interior pictures.. There are some before and after shots. I need to start a thread about how you guys do some of the stuff you do with computers....frickin photobucket
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