Simple Briefcase

[MarshalWill]

Beautiful! The bridge detail is outstanding. The overall layout is really balanced, too. Very, very nice work.

Looking forward to seeing the finished briefcase.

[WalterF]

Thought it would be nice to share the bridge photo I took that this bridge reminds me of. I loved BW because it distills the photo down to the subject without the intrusion of color. It is one of the reasons my preference is natural leather and antique instead of painting.

12 hours ago, Gezzer said:

Very very NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

All the different textures really make that pop 

Thank you it was fun playing with different stamps.

44 minutes ago, MarshalWill said:

Beautiful! The bridge detail is outstanding. The overall layout is really balanced, too. Very, very nice work.

Looking forward to seeing the finished briefcase.

Thank you, agreed the artist rendered the pattern extremely well.

[MarshalWill]

Thanks for sharing the photo, too. It looks similar but the detail on your tooling shows a completely different bridge design. I like both but the layout on the briefcase is a bit better. I'm glad you're going to not put any color on it. I airbrushed a scenic carving one time and it took away drastically from the beauty of the natural leather. I never made that mistake again.

[YinTx]

There is a whole lot going on in that tooling.  So many different textures and techniques needed to get to the end result.  Excellent 3D rendering, down to the bowed boards.  I've always been a bit baffled about how to get a good rendering of an object like a 2x4, and you have those types of shapes all over the place.

Clouds, rocks/dirt, plants, framing with coverings, trees, on and on.  Nicely done, I can only imagine the amount of learning that had to go into the end result!

[WalterF]

3 hours ago, MarshalWill said:

Thanks for sharing the photo, too. It looks similar but the detail on your tooling shows a completely different bridge design. I like both but the layout on the briefcase is a bit better. I'm glad you're going to not put any color on it. I airbrushed a scenic carving one time and it took away drastically from the beauty of the natural leather. I never made that mistake again.

Agreed

2 hours ago, YinTx said:

There is a whole lot going on in that tooling.  So many different textures and techniques needed to get to the end result.  Excellent 3D rendering, down to the bowed boards.  I've always been a bit baffled about how to get a good rendering of an object like a 2x4, and you have those types of shapes all over the place.

Clouds, rocks/dirt, plants, framing with coverings, trees, on and on.  Nicely done, I can only imagine the amount of learning that had to go into the end result!

I am humbled, thank you. If you have facetime we could go over some of the ways. I am retired so trying to keep busy.

[YinTx]

1 hour ago, WalterF said:

I am humbled, thank you. If you have facetime we could go over some of the ways. I am retired so trying to keep busy.

I may take you up on that, but will have to wait a few months.  I am too busy to be considered retired!

[Scoutmom103]

Beautiful

[Burkhardt]

11 hours ago, WalterF said:

bridge photo I took that this bridge reminds me of

Help out the simpleton in me, why do they cover/enclose the bridges?  Is it mainly for wood bridges to keep the weather off?

[Gezzer]

51 minutes ago, Burkhardt said:

Help out the simpleton in me, why do they cover/enclose the bridges?  Is it mainly for wood bridges to keep the weather off?

My guess and it's just a guess , was to keep the horses and wagon from falling off when there is ice on the ground .

[WalterF]

5 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said:

Beautiful

Thank you

2 hours ago, Burkhardt said:

Help out the simpleton in me, why do they cover/enclose the bridges?  Is it mainly for wood bridges to keep the weather off?

It was to help preserve the bridges so they lasted longer.

1 hour ago, Gezzer said:

My guess and it's just a guess , was to keep the horses and wagon from falling off when there is ice on the ground .

Back in the day not too long ago they rolled the snow to pack it and didn't plow. My ex father in law talked about it in Vermont back in the early 1900's. I have seen photos of it pretty wild horse drawn.