Has anyone attended Jim Linnell's classes at Tandy?

[SUP]

11 minutes ago, DieselTech said:

Well keep us posted how it went!

I will. Rather excited about it.

[Sheilajeanne]

Oh, that's great news! Yes, keep us posted, and of course, we'll want PHOTOS!! :D 

[SUP]

@Sheilajeanne I'll certainly post photographs, 

[SUP]

Some pics:

The first is a feather carved by Jim Linnell. He made it during the class and it was raffled. I won and got to take it home. I plan to frame it and aim to reach at least half-way to that expertise in carving some day. Mine is still not done. Might put it up once completed; cannot promise, though it's not too bad.  It looks a little like it's from a  bird has been through a storm versus Jim's which looks like it's from a calm and collected bird! 

 

This is a turquoise pendant that I made in another class with Jim Linnell. I'm rather pleased with it. Everything from the 'silver' mount to the actual turquoise 'stone' itself are of leather.

Edited March 4, 2024 by SUP

[DieselTech]

Nice. Just awesome. Cherish that feather. 

Great work on the pendant. It fooled me. 

 

[SUP]

@DieselTech I do cherish that feather.  I was delighted to receive it. Everyone wanted it which is why it was raffled. 

The pendant was surprisingly easy to make. Next one I plan to make without the cracks. I like it better without but added them in class because I wanted to learn how to do it. Spent all day today typing the procedure with matching photographs. I prefer that to filming the class like some others did.

[Littlef]

That's really neat.  Glad to hear the class went well. 

[SUP]

@Littlef thank you.

[Sheilajeanne]

Lovely!

And your 'turquoise' concho is very realistic!   Well done!

Now, c'mon you know you have to show us YOUR feather, no matter how bad you think it is compared to the Master's!  

[SUP]

@Sheilajeanne Thank you. I plan to make another stone soon and will put that up as well. This is a lovely, easy  technique and Jim is such a pleasant person to learn from.

I will put up my feather as soon as I complete it.    I plan to get to the feather later this week.

I'm busy trying to make a bag with a split with a clear brand on it. I was just thinking of starting a new thread about dyeing splits after applying Tokonole. On my sample pieces the leather does take the dye and it does not come off  with buffing. Wondered about other people's experience.