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tina believe me, I have nothing against using fuzzy (I used a snazzy leopard print hair on hide occasionally). I just thought it didn't tie in with the dragons. doing the sides in the tri-weave or a scale pattern would've seemed to have been more complimentary to me. oo! or a big pile of treasure! and when ya do enter a leather show lemme know so I won't enter too and get stomped by your great work!

the fuzzy definitely fits in with the knife. good job!

now that's some great work! I think the fuzzy sides are a bit out of place, but the work and design are mighty impressive!

those look great to me. sell 'em as jacket patches instead of sayin' they're practice pieces.

wolf thanks! very careful cutting with the template I made and an exacto blade.

great work as always! the wrinkles are too minor to worry about in me opinion.

excellent "scrap" goodies everybody! keep 'em comin'!

I use a form that I made from the casing that a halloween mask came in. the casing was the same as the mask so I poured resin into it.

justleather.com has metallics and great customer service too.

first one?!?!?! FIRST one?!?!?! oh great googaly moggaly! ya gonna give the rest of us newbie mask makers a complex! ack! think I'm gonna go cry now and toss me masks out. *L* that's a great looking piece! now make a monkey. and a cat. and a horse. and a duck billed platypus. LOL

very nice, I must say!

excellente'!

yowza! now that's noyce!

think the name is throwing everyone off. I thought you were trying to make a ghillie suit (camouflage outfit) out of leather and was totally confRused as to why you'd wanna do that! *L*

snazzy idea for scraps! I've seen 'em done with a spike on 'em too. maybe I'll give this idea to the monkey to do. she needs more practice on things. *L*

wunderbar! I know what ya mean about pricing. that's one of the hardest things I have to deal with on a piece sometimes.

words can't express it!

broncobuster that was kinda my intention with this one. was hoping everybody would post up what they'd come up with to make out of scrap instead of just color swatches/spreaders/need something to write on quick pieces. that way I'd have new ideas to steal... er, borrow... um, I mean get inspired from. *L* so come everybody! put on those thinking caps (I'm sure someone's wil fit over his tinfoil one) and get ta thunkin'! leathercat's coasters, mine and jeff's barrettes (gee, that just sounds kinda odd ), what's next? I've got a couple more uses for me scraps too, but we need more on here! let's get those hamsters a-runnin' and those wheels a-turnin'!

it's not a mistake, it's shading!

LOL

bob no back hair? LOL sage bitte! I'll check it tomorrow and let ya know. if nothing else you could try wetting and forming yours with heat to stiffen it. also the lines are only 1/8" wide using 5-6 oz leather.

froggie *L* okay, howzabout "inspirationally challenged pieces" then? and I hear ya on the bins!

looks like you're well on your way to doing great pieces! nice idea with the magnets. think I've heard that one before somewhere. dig the coffin shape too.

jsut nope, no stiffening. cut, case, carve, airbrush, seal with super sheen. used 1/4" punch for the holes so the sticks have just enough room to slide in but still have enough friction to hold 'em in place. the leather's 5-6 oz veg tan. froggie thanks! I've got a ton of scrap (okay, maybe only half a ton) so I gotta come up with ways to use it that'll hopefully make either money or somebody happy when they get it.

roo thanks! something like this might be nice for little leathercat to practice on and give her friends. john danke! I got the sticks at tandy, but I know you find all sorts from plain like this to fancy around at different places. sally's probably carries 'em too. know lots of chics who get fancy looking chopsticks to hold their hair up, so one of these in an oriental motif with a chopstick or 2 would be snazzy. think I'll have ta try that one now. :Panyway, what I was trying to say with the last statement before the idea bug tagged me, was that if it's the right size, it'll work. I almost got a dowel and a pencil sharpener to do the sticks with.