Newboy Stephen

Thanks for the advise Chief. As soon as I have written this (very late) reply I am off to Youtube to see how it is done properly. I am embarking on my next project today, a money purse for my wife. She want both dogs on it (Toby and Lily an all black collie, that'll be fun shading that!!!). I've told her it'll be no problem at all. Oops. Still I can only do my best. Thanks again for the advise Stephen

Thanks Benlilly and Bob. When I look at the piece after I completed it it looked great, but when I look at the photos of it it does look a little flat, lacking depth. More like a drawing than leather craft. Still project number one completed. Number two still to be devised.. I videoed the making of the wallet and from start to finish it took about 8 hours. What would you say the average time would be to make this sort of thing,'properly' I think instead of going fully into a new project, I will experiment on things like coaster or just scrap pieces of leather. Experiment with how hard to hit the leather to get certain effects. Just thinking aloud I guess. We'll see. thanks again for the input Stephen

Hi all, Thought I would introduce myself. I'm a scot living in Wales and, like a lot of people in the forum, I took up this craft whilst recovering from a visit to hospital. I bought a starter kit from Tandy and completed the projects in that during my recover period. I really enjoyed it and like other people have said, it is quite relaxing (except when I make a mistake I can't cover up;-) ). Unfortunately, at the start of this year I had to have my dog put to sleep so in memory of him the very first piece I designed and created is a wallet with his profile as attatched. I looks better in real life, It's quite plain when compared to the real crafters on here. Any comment please go ahead, I thirst for knowledge on this.