rowneyart

Welcome to this fantastic site....wishing you every success with this brilliant craft and Art. I am also from England, Co. Durham. If you need any help please dont hesitate to mail me here. kind regards. Mark.

To everyone above...Thank you for the warm and very generous welcome to this wonderful site.

...Thank you Red Cent, I will certainly give it a try and drop you a line to let you know how it goes...appreciate the assistance

I wondered if anyone had some knowledge of a product or method by which i could 'stiffen' leather? I am currently making 3-dimentional pieces of work. Similar to 'paper cuts' but using 2-3 mm hide. The problem I am having is that when I cut out the negative space round my design...(in this case, a carved bouquet of grasses)...the stems are thin and the grass heads are too heavy and flop forward and down. If I could paint on the reverse of the leather a product that would make it stiff it would solve the problem.....Any help gratefully received. Thanks Members.

super work. I love it...Thank you for posting this.

Welcome Fellow Englander.....hope your business goes well and you continue to enjoy this wonderful art form. My names mark and hail from Co.Durham. I have been carving and working with leather for 25 years. You can check out my work in the gallery section or visit my website www.rowneyart.com I would be more than happy to help in any way I can...just drop me a line if you wish. All the best. Mark.

welcome to the house of fun sir......cant wait to see your first projects.

Hi there, I wondered if anybody know whether it is possible to get a pattern/template to make a satchel. I have been making journal covers for quite some time now but would like to try some new work. Any advise is greatly appreciated

Hi there...i am Mark and live up in the wooly wilds of Co.Durham...always nice to see a fellow Brit getting in to this great craft....mail me if you need some advise or help.

hi mate....wish you best of luck with all your leather projects. I am also from the UK....mail me if you need any advise or help.

Hello Jo, I am also a Northerner, so get kettle on. maybe we should try to hook up some time and swap stories, ideas. Where in Yorkshire are you based? I live in Weardale, Co.Durham. All the best mate. Mark

Hello katrina, Thank you for posting your new website...it looks great. I hope it proves to be a fantastic shop front for your super work. I spent many winter months in Arizona when I was a child...I have fond memories of the people and places my parents took me to and I still flick through my fathers old copies of 'Arizona Highways' Magazine.....very inspirational. kind regards. Mark

hello All! My name is Mark Rowney. I have been working and carving leather for 25 years now. I am self taught and still learning. I am passionate about Contemporary rural Art and endeavour to combine my enthusiasm for leather work and evoke my love of nature. I primarily make bespoke leather journal covers and some other original and one-off items. I also paint and sell enough to enable me to buy new hides, JUST! I live and work in the Durham dales, Northern England. My influences are the Bees that sting me, the Midges that bite me and the birds that sing so sweetly. My goal is to understand my soul that I may best illustrate a wonderful life spent in the high meadows and hay fields that surround our old stone farmhouse. I look forward to meeting and hearing from the fellow leather workers that share this imaginative site. As William Morris said...."One should only own what is truly useful or beautiful". I hope you find enjoyment in my work. http://www.rowneyart.com http://rowneyart.blogspot.com