Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted March 18, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted March 18, 2008 Well everyone, I'm back and I must say I have missed this place. Thanks to all that sent me emails asking how things were going, and also the Birthday wishes, you guys and gals are GREAT. Well anyways, I'm starting a new vest so I thought, what the hey may as well do a tutorial while I'm at it. This will most likely turn out to be a very long thread, but again, what the hey... Well first off what I do, is I layout the drawing that I am going to be carving into the shoulder piece. As shown in the pictures, you can see that I use 3 pieces of 3M Transparancy Films for this. I will draw what I'm looking for on regular paper in pencil, this way I can erase and make changes as needed. Then I will trace the final design onto the transparancy film, making sure that I put marks on it so that I know where exactly it sits on the leather shoulder piece. Now, using the stylus, I'll transfer the design into the leather. I will not case the leather like a lot of you do, I will just use the spray bottle and wet the area that is going to be worked on. Once the design is completely transfered onto the leather, I will check to make sure that I haven't missed any of the drawing. I once made a matching pair of mens and ladies vest, and on the one Eagle on the mans vest, I missed the bottom half of the Eagles beak. I never noticed this until the vest was complete...DUH... After that's all done, and I'm confident that all the drawing is there, I will start to carve. On these shoulder pieces I DO NOT use the swivel knife and cut. The reason for this is that, it is a piece of the garment that tends to move quite a bit and is always being bent and folded. With knife cuts, then there will be a great reduction in the strength, and we don't want that. I use a steep beveler instead, this greatly reduces the chance of actually cutting through the leather. I use 2oz leather for these shoulder pieces, as anything heavier would not fold and twist right to fit the body, and would make the vest uncomfirtable to wear. Well here's the picturses so far, as I go along, I'll be explaining each step of the proccess, and will be taking pictures as well, as I do know how much everyone loves pictures. The layout drawing The cut leather Laying out the design Laying out the design Laying out the design Laying out the design The deisgn scribed onto leather Starting to carve Stay tuned, as there is LOTS more to come. If anyone has questions, as I can imagine there will be lots, please ask, I will endeavor to answer them as quick as possible. Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Ambassador leatheroo Posted March 18, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted March 18, 2008 oooh beaver, so glad to have you back..you have been missed... this project looks very interesting and i cant wait for more posts. love the design Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
Members LarryB Posted March 18, 2008 Members Report Posted March 18, 2008 I like it ... can't wait to see the final pics. Thanks for sharing. Quote www.larrysleatherwork.com
Members Rawhide Posted March 18, 2008 Members Report Posted March 18, 2008 Welcome back Beav . We missed you! Hope all is well, and thanks for the tutorial! Quote Marlon
Members shirleyz Posted March 18, 2008 Members Report Posted March 18, 2008 Beav that looks amazing!!!! Love it. Shirley Quote badassseats As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ~George Bernard Shaw
Members tazzmann Posted March 18, 2008 Members Report Posted March 18, 2008 Hey Beav! Looks Awesome, can't wait to see this one progress! Quote Michael S Tully Vancouver, WA Night Owl Leather [url="http://www.nightowlleather.com"]http://www.nightowlleather.com[/url] [url="http://www.kz650.info"]http://www.kz650.info[/url]
Ambassador Don101 Posted March 18, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted March 18, 2008 welcome back kinda missed you around here bud, tutorial looks like its gonna be a good one, Don Quote
TomSwede Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 back Beaver! Glad to have you around again! Looks to be a great tut this one and inspirational too. I have a vest top-piece abandoned years ago laying around. Tooling looks awesome already on this one, so Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
Members Spider Posted March 18, 2008 Members Report Posted March 18, 2008 I see you're making a Skeletor vest. I will get my Darth Vader Mask and we can battle. lol This is gonna look so cool. Quote From the insane mind of SPIDER... http://spiderflesh.com Myspace: Spiderflesh Facebook: Spiderflesh George
Contributing Member Denise Posted March 18, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted March 18, 2008 Welcome back Beav! Nice to see the maple leaf showing up here again. Quote
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