Tina

??? Still there as of this morning on my puter http://www.aon-celtic.com/

Beautiful work Kate, as Always

Hi Bobby. Sure you can use Acryllic paint. When I lived in the US i always whent to JoAnns, they have a good selection of shades in every color. The Plaid (FolkArt) paint and the Deco Art Americana is the best, just stay away from Delta brand, pure quallity with low amount of pigments. When painting white you have to paint many layers, make sure the dry in between for the best resault and thinn layers of paint. I use Acryllic sealers from Angelus but any brand will do (?) I'm not that familiar with other types of sealers and others may jump in here and help out on that issue. When I look for the Victorian Scrolls in google I get loads of them, just play with the words:-) I think there might be some books on Amazon if I remeber right, maybe not how to but alreaddy made patterns. I hope this will help you along the road//Tina

One good source is Google images, search for "Victorian scrolls" :-)

Hi, I'm not sure if I would call this art, it is a coat of arms, a family crest. These crest belongs to some family (?) All symbols and colors means something special in the world of crests and are specifically made to a certain family and it should not be changed. Just make sure who has the right to this symbol before using it if it is not your family. Now carving, inverted sounds like a really great idea and usually looks very clean and nice when colored. Good Luck//Tina

I agree with the rest here, beautiful work The sling stands out to me, Very nice :-)

I try using it as "paint" if you will...I love the vivid colors even if dye is way harder to use than acryllic paint. I also love that you can still see the real leather "under" the dye. I enclose a small picture of an experiment I did early on, this is one of the few pictures I have before putting antique on stuff :-) This is one of the leathers I have dampen first, then started to work with the dyes and shade the colors.

Hmmmm....I only use Angelus dyes (spirit based, no oil) and I use a damp leather every time. I get more even resaults and it's much easier to shade from one color to the next. It's also much easier to control the amount of color/dye on the leather and way less bleeding if any, just my two cents. I do agree on the black color, I don't dampen the leather for that color either.

I bought mine at Hidecrafters, the number starts with PA00_ and then a number. Tandys tool is not the real pepple tools in the picture.

Love you collar lil'bro :-) Dabbing in to the naughty corners? *LOL*

Kevin, You've done it again...This is by far the coolest skullsling I have ever seen

How about Fiebing's Hi Liter? When the leather is sealed and Hi-Lite is applied it leaves no color on the leather except the black in all groves, I use it alot:-)

Try contacting Rawhide (Marlon) here, he seams to have close contact with Peter and he's activ here too :-)

Thank a bunch both:-) I really enjoy making these covers, they give you good space to work on and easy to assembly, what more can one ask for?

Thanks a Million Kate, the dyepowder looks more than interesting:-)

How cool, the best gift is being able to inspire others :-) Please don't forgett to put up picture here when it's done, we all love'm *S*

Millions of Thanks Dave :-) Hi Ken, I use Angelus Satin Sealer (sometimes the Gloss or Matte one too) The best advice I have learned is to have the patience to wait until the sealer is dry, I leave it alone for at least 24 hours. I also still use the old Tandy antiquing (before EcoFlow) and a sparygun to cover efter the antiquing is done, this helps for sure to keep the untooled areas as clean as possible. Feel free to ask more if this don't help :-)

This is a version of another forrest/mice/mushroom dayplanner cover I did a while back. The customer liked the theme and I redraw the whole thing...I added some new details and erased others. Thanks for looking:-)

Perfect:-) This is just the way a forum like this should work, to inspire and develope. I'm glad and hope my little purchase can help you see new ways :-) No pressure uhh? *LOL* (running down to the workshop looking for pieces to work at, Pheuw!) I also found out Mr Raymond seams to have made a similar pattern folder for stain glass too...How neat to find that one:-) Sandy: Thanks, I do feel very lucky, I like the age of it all, these is real Art Nouveau from the period:-) Kate: Thank you, I'll for sure look in to it:-) Luke: I agree, they are beautiful:-)

As soon as I saw these key fobs...I want, Badly!!! You do have the coolest ideas Ed and the "secret compartment" Love, Love, Love

Now, I almost feel guilty for the guy that sold it to me...It was fair and square in an auction but this??? It seams I have an angel in leather heaven and I'm more than greatful for the gift of ownership for now...The one on Ebay seams a bit clearer in colors than mine but otherwise just the same. Great Thanks Dave for the offer, I did found an online translation (my French is more or less - No French) and that helped me with the table of contence so at least I know what it suppose to be, if I come across something inside that I need help with I hope to be able to come back to you for some help:-)

Hi Ed, I will for sure use a few of them even if I rearrange some of it, how can I not, they are so beautiful :-) almac: As far as I know by doing more searches today...These patterns seams to be very/extremly rare and mostly in libraries ref. dep. hidden away and no patterns online that I can find.

I found a whole folder full of leather patterns, all in french (thanks Google for the translations:-) ) Making a few searches it seams to be printed in 1908 and all patterns is in the style of Art Nouveau. A full book would be 48 planches with , photo and drawing patterns, mine is 46. So, I'm looking for someone that has this book/folder and willing to share the last two I'm missing as scannings...The name is "Le Cuir" compositions decoratives by Jehand Raymond Just a small picture from this folder/book for all leather people out there:-)

Love your straps lil'bro, and the "pleasing to the eye" detail is gorgeous :notworthy:

Yes, When I lived in Michigan the package showed up in just a few days/under a week which in my world is fast :-) I use the dyes too and some other things from this place, things have always worked out fine.