Members Mike Posted October 20, 2007 Members Report Posted October 20, 2007 Ok, I sent my first intro to the wrong forum. I'm re-intro'ing myself here. My name is Mike Rodgers and I live near Lake Tawakoni, which is east of Dallas. At thae moment I am a member of the Lone Star Leathercrafters Guild. I do not have a specialty yet. I just carve things as the mood strikes me and for friends. I was going to enter in this years IFOLG but I was not satisfied with my work and funds are real low right now. I hope to try to start entering shows/competitions in upcoming shows if I feel my work is good enough. Currently I am working to improve my coloring techniques and my hand stitching. You can see my work at www.pmrleather.com. Feel free to comment. Constructive criticism is welcome and praise is always gladly received. :biggrin: Here is a picture just to give a sample of my work. My newest stuff is in the Wallets section of the website. Mike Quote
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted October 20, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted October 20, 2007 Mike, welcome again. About the comment you made "but I was not satisfied with my work " well I'm no judge at the show, but I'm pretty sure you would have come away with a blue ribbon or two. I looked at the work you have on your website, and I am TOTALLY impress with your talents. You have the gift my friend. Very inspiring to see such great work. Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Members Mike Posted October 20, 2007 Author Members Report Posted October 20, 2007 Beaverslayer, Thanks for the nice comments. The only show I have been to was the last IFOLG show in Ft. Worth. I believe it was ten years ago. The work at these shows is so good, I get intimidated. In the wallets section of my website, I sent images of Bass Checkbook #2 to Peter Main for comments. He was kind enough to give me suggestions which resulted in some of the changes that you might discern between Bass Checkbooks #2 and #3. Little things like the water rings around the fish, lighting and so on. For now I am going to try to finish a purse kit I started a few months ago. I was stymied on coloring the horse but now I have some ideas I will try out. I've attached a picture of what it looks like now. This project is not on my web site. It's an old kit that I'd doing for practice. Mike Quote
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted October 20, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted October 20, 2007 Well, it looks very good so far Mike, I can't wait to see it finished. And by looking at the pics Johanna has uploaded of this years show, I know what you mean by intimidating, but I do think you would win a blue ribbon or two. Your work is VERY good. Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Ambassador abn Posted October 21, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted October 21, 2007 One word -- wow. I took a look at your site, and that's some really nice carving and vibrant coloring. Like Ken said, I'd reckon a guess that your work would be very competitive at a show, so don't be shy about entering! Welcome to the forums, -Alex Quote
Contributing Member ClayB Posted October 21, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted October 21, 2007 I am with Ken and Alex. You dont need to be worried about your work being competetive. It looks awfully nice. Quote ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Members Alan Bell Posted October 21, 2007 Members Report Posted October 21, 2007 Hey Mike, Like the others I can just say WOW. and Welcome to the board. I'm in Greenville and my sister in law lives in Fox Point near Tawakoni. Vaya Con Dios, Alan Bell Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery ; none but ourselves can free our minds! Bob Marley - Redemption Songs Quote
Ambassador Don101 Posted October 21, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted October 21, 2007 Welcome Mike just love the work you are doing great colors and style keep posting pics, Don Quote
Members Zilla Posted October 23, 2007 Members Report Posted October 23, 2007 Welcome Mike! There are some great artists and craftmen/women here. I have learned so much just surfing around the older posts here it isn't even funny!! My ex boss and her husband has a "weekend" home there in the trailer park at Lake Tawakoni. There are some great artists out in that area I've met and heard about. Kev Quote
Members Mike Posted October 23, 2007 Author Members Report Posted October 23, 2007 I'd like to meet other artistic folks around here. Quote
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