WinterBear

Bone breastplate with copper beads. Took forever to string and weighs a ton!

A double dreamcatcher, made to someone else's specifications. They changed their mind, so I kept it. Steel rings covered with veg-tan lace splits colored with vinegaroon, black artificial sinew, glass beads, and feathers.

An overlay rabbit, Southwest Pueblo style. Will eventually be part of a journal for myself.

2011 Eagle challege. Another one of my first pieces of leatherwork.

2011 Celtic knot challege. One of my first pieces of leatherwork.

These guys were tiny, solid metal blocks. I think I'll need an arbor press to really do them justice.

A reproduction of a letterpress block made out of a composite.

And here is one of the results. This is an old block of lead or lead alloy on a wood base.

Here I've placed on old letterpress cut/stamp/block on some cased leather between some lino blocks and clamped it all together.

Beadwork strap I loomed. Some 14,500 beads in this strap alone.

This was made and donated to the Lions Club to be raffled off. The pattern was by Toni Whitnety and most of the materials used were hand dyed batiks purchased from a local shop. All of the edges of the layers that made up the lap quilt were satin stitched, and all of the sewing was done by machine. The approximate size is 2 1/2 by 3 feet.

The blue portions are actually the topmost layer of the wolf's face. Holes were cut in the blue and the white layered behind (reverse applique), then it was appliqued to the yellow.

Please excuse the wrinkles, especially on the background. Muslin wrinkles if you look crosseyed at it, and I needed a neutral background. These are meant to be part of parade flags for the main branches of Scouting in our area (If a Girl Scout Troop in the area asks, I will make one for parades as well, but right now, only Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing were interested). The flags are satin, made with a mix of applique and reverse applique, and all edges are satin stitched. The small stars on the Boy Scout flag are purchased "rhinestones" that are fused on, and are actually on the second Boy Scout flag I made--the first one suffered a melted hole when the fusing iron slipped (drat!).