pellegrino

Here is the front panel of my new saddlebag...it is not yet finished but I'll post other pictures of the finished bag in few days greetings to you all from Roma!

Hy! Try to look in this web-site... http://www.pegasomodels.it I think that you can find here the image that you need

Thanks for your tips and images....I use something very close like pattern, not so round....

Hy, still triyng to learn both, english and leatherwork.... i'm working with the shape of roses to obtain a balance between material and image let me know what do you think about... thanks from rome!!!

Here is my last work, sunday morning, bad weather outside... and will be rainy all day long, my harley covered..... So I decided to take -anyway- a ride... on a piece of leather....

TwinOaks Thanks, now I understand why. I would also say that in speaking with a manager of a leather shop in Rome in a certain opportunity he said "there are around a lot of mixed tan skins, industries mix vegetable and chrome ...." I will ask more explanations and I will keep you informed I also want to say that I am organizing an introductory course in leather work for youth (Boy Scouts) and would like to use one of those kits by TL for beginners but I would ask if you know and can tell me where I can get (on the internet) a "program type " to divide classes and arguments in order to best achieve this goal. I am enclosing pictures of a couple of works.... leather bags for motorcycles (the origin of my first question)

I hope to be excused, I'm in this wonderful world for a short time and not everything is clear to me..... I always read to use "only" vegetable-tanned leather and NOT USE chrome-tanned leather ... why? If I use the black colored leather what can happen? I used black colored leather twice and it seems to me that everything is ok, am I wrong? Thanks in advance for your advice

Thanks a lot to you all..... i'm looking the diferent web-sites and really enjoy discovering this end-less art Regards from Roma

I live in Italy and here there are no places or courses where you can learn this marvelous art... so I am an autodidact I wonder what would be the program to follow to learn about leatherwork and I would be curious if there are some among you that can give me an idea about a program to follow in a "tipical" course. someone has a program that can suggest to me? I think that in your country there are many courses... is it possible to know about the program and its contents? thanks in advance falco pellegrino

finally I found the photos of a pair of bike seat, the black one is worked by laser, the brown is carved in traditional way your opinions?

Thanks a lot to you all, nice to meet you here.....

Yes, I'm sure because before I did not have any instrument usefull to carve, my first trial was with a little screwdriver and a normal hammer. In Italy, despite the fact that we have some of the best tanneries in the world, do not have enough leather engravers to have also a certain number of stores that sell what you need to carve leather. I bought my tools at tandy's leather in Jenuary but I was working leather ( for bags ) for 3-4 years and I'm a graphic designer with computer so I'm quite expert in matters of drawing with layers, this help a lot. But as you can see, actually, my limit is not carving the leather - I have been learning for almost a year and I think I do it not so bad and I'm still learning- but dyeing and antiquing. I found this site looking for somebody who could sell the Fiebing's Antique paste! Indeed, since you live in the UK, maybe you can recommend me a shop located in your country that sell and ship by mail this kind of products.. Here are some other samples of my passion....

Hello, my name is Sergio, 58 years old and I'm from Venezuela, and I live in Italy for many years. I am a craftsman and actually I produce customized bags for Harley-Davidson and Triumph, but I do not mind working for other brands. Carving leather by January 2010 and I am attaching some of my works.... Now, after 10 months, I'm ready to go to learn to paint and antiquing leather but keep in mind that if you want to recommend some procedures and products that many American companies do not sell outside the U.S. and Canada ... Thank you in advance for your lessons