jana

My first project was a card case... one of of those projects that the art teacher had us cut the pieces for. The swivel knife barely scratched an outline and the lacing was upside down and backwards. But that was ok. I was proud of it and Mom still has it... I borrow it sometimes to show students that we all started somewhere. Jana

If it is possible to get the pictures back, I would be very interested in seeing the original piece. Jana

Please add me to your list of people who are interested in a tutorial!! Jana

Hello to all! Thank you for the kind words and invite to stay awhile... In answer to some some of the questions: I am in Sierra Vista, AZ. Which is not too far from the Sonoita/Elgin area that was mentioned in one direction with Tombstone and Bisbee in the other direction. I am going to try and load a larger size .jpg so the picture will be easier to see. Jana

Hello, my name is Jana. I have been creating stuff in leather for awhile now and ended up moving to the quiet end of southern AZ. I keep my hand in by teaching and recently discovered that I like re-creating historical inspired pieces. It will be nice to spark up a conversation now and again. Jana

As for the archaeological area to check out, try an author by the name of Olaf Goubitz from the Netherlands. He wrote an extremely in formative book on belt pouches from the medieval period to the 16th century. The book is called "Purses in Pieces". All of the examples come from actual digs and shows a lot of re-construction/re-creation of many of the pouches. A lot of the drawings of the actual finds show that the pieces were stamped with patterns and designs. This author also as a book on foot wear from the same time periods. There are a series if archaeological books based on the finds in York, England and atleast one of them is on the leather finds of shoes, shealths, and cases. I hope this gets you in the right direction. Jana