Mrs Barry Hicks
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I'm sorry about your bracers. On the other hand this was a fantastic thread! I just learned so much from the above comments about whether to use de-glazer or not and the different strengths depending on what you use. I might go and try and make some test pieces just so I will have a good idea when it does happen to me! Not that I'm saying it will, but better to be armed than not. Like I said this is a great thread. And I am truly sorry about your bracers. -
purses and cases
Images added to a gallery album owned by Mrs Barry Hicks in Our Leatherwork Galleries
purses and cases of modern and medieval styles -
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
front mostly stained... need to bring out the monogram plaque more.© © leatherworker.net
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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From the album: purses and cases
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I personally like Golden Acrylics and cut it with Golden's Airbrush medium. They put so much dye in the paints themselves that it stains the leather pretty well when painting it (and your clothes too, so be careful). The colors are amazing in my opinion. I just seal with EcoFlo sealer. Just my 2 cents.
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as for sealing the mugs and bottles, you want the lining to be flexible. It will crack otherwise and leak over time. Leather is flexible and so is brewers pitch. I mix mine around 2parts brewers to 1part bees wax. Now to harden the actual mug it might work really well. I'd say give it a try and see what happens.
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Hey keep this thread going! I'd love to see how you're coming along. Being a fellow female I'm always supportive of seeing women succeed! Good luck and remember to smile when you curse like a trucker! That way your doing it with grace!
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Blue Water Dragon
Mrs Barry Hicks commented on Mrs Barry Hicks's gallery image in Our Leatherwork Galleries
it is hand carved. I carved them after I had molded the masks. It was a bit tricky but it can definitely be done! Some of the scales are a tenth of the size of my pinky nail. <-- those mostly around the lines at the base of the eye opening. Took around 40 min per eye to do. I just cased it with a sponge and let it sit till it was ready. I'll get pictures soon of me wearing each mask to show what they look like on. It helps to show the dimension more. And thank you! I'm glad you enjoy the details. I'm all about the details. I work hard on the craftsmanship of these masks. I should take pictures of the back to show some of what I'm talking about. Gotta do that too... so much to do so little time! -
2-3oz weight. There are 5 different peices - 2 ears, top outer snout (eyes and nose), under snout (which is also the gums and teeth, I do multiple folds to get the layers), and the back mane. Thank you all. I've had fun working on these. I plan on making another Dragon Mask with a different pattern. But I probably wont get to it any time soon because of other leather work in the pipeline... but I promise to post as soon as I have something in the mask division!
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So I finished the two Dragon Masks and the next wolf mask. Sharing for sharing sake and I always love crits! and please suggestions are always welcome. So are compliments... but I get a lot more mileage with constructive crits! And thank you all for your compliments on the prototype mask! Oh and can I post a link to where they are for sale? I don't know if it's Kosher on this site. If I can I will, if not I won't. and you can see more images of each in my gallery... Wolf Dragon (multi-colored) Dragon Blue
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Masks I make
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