Members Tkleather1 Posted April 9, 2009 Members Report Posted April 9, 2009 this stuff is frickin amazing. how did you color the case based on the body art? Quote Tim Worley TK-Leather If you don't ask and dont try how are you gonna learn anything?
TomSwede Posted April 9, 2009 Report Posted April 9, 2009 You have a very gifted tooler John!!!! Lovely leather art!!! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
RustyMelton Posted April 9, 2009 Report Posted April 9, 2009 I like the way the tooling comes up onto the lid of the cue case, it makes for a cool effect. I think his black bag he made is super nice too. Quote
Members SteveBrambley Posted April 9, 2009 Members Report Posted April 9, 2009 That's some very fine work, excellent! Steve Quote
JohnBarton Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Posted April 10, 2009 Thanks everyone. The Doc Cue case was done based on the customer's back piece, a small tombstone on the leg and the fact that he was a medic in Vietnam. It took me a year to figure out what I wanted to do on this case. I thought about it a lot. The customer's back is fully tattooed with a Japanese samurai who is also an outlaw as depicted by the body suit he has tattooed on him. He is fighting his oni's or inner demons. So I had Zhen Hai draw this up and we refined it until we were both happy with it. I went through half a sketch book doodling versions before settling on this one. The clouds swirling around the front symbolize confusion giving way to clarity. The Combat Medical Badge on the lid sits as the highest layer on the case to stand for the service above all and that remembering that clears away the pain. The lower pocket has the small tombstone that remembers fallen brothers. While I had the idea in my head of what it should look like Zhen Hai really brought it to life in a way that I never could on my own. He has a great way with shading that works well. I give him a lot of critique from an art director's standpoint but it's just the equivalent of filing away the rough edges on a great piece. I'd like to think that I have given him a platform to become a better tooler and a place to grow as an artist. I am pretty proud of how far he has come since the first pieces he did as contract work. Back then I was working with other toolers who were technically better but he showed me that he really wanted to get better and be creative. And he is. The next case I have to show you all later is going to be out of this world. But I promised the customer that I would let him debut it so it will be another month before it's done. Quote Support Quality. We are all humans. Buy the best no matter where it's made. That way everyone lives in harmony. Nature knows no flags.
Members bobocat Posted April 10, 2009 Members Report Posted April 10, 2009 Zhen Hai Lee,Your work is very good. your work is better and better now. JohnBarton,I will go to tianjin of China to teach the leathercarft class on the button of May. If I have a chance to go to xiamen,I will go to visit you and Zhen and longway. bobocat Quote 酷貓皮雕工房 http://www.facebook.com/bobocat88
Members Brandon Posted April 20, 2009 Members Report Posted April 20, 2009 I do wish that your site's background music is Chinese, like "One Night In Beijin". Beautiful work ! 漂亮作品。 Quote
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