A Special ClayB Lesson

[anne newkold]

Anne and I will come, and we promise to be good. For a while.

Kathy

Now Kathy, don't make promises for me everyone knows I can't keep! if it's only for a while..... better be something like 5 seconds! Clay knows me better than that.

Me be good? :angel_not: .... like that ever happens! So I just try to be good at it being BAD!

Edited March 14, 2008 by anne newkold

[ClayB]

The thing that is really great about this forum is that I can write up what I know (which isn't nearly as much as some of you think) and send it to Johanna and she can do her magic and here it is for everyone to see (along with a really nice into, Thanks Jo). I don't have to drive to CA or CO or Britain for anyone to see it, although I'd love to go to Austrailia someday, anyone wanna have a class over there????? Nobody has to write me a big check for the chance to throw rotten fruit at me! I am pretty sure Regis would behave, and MAYBE Bert would, but Kathy and Anne, I really doubt it. Even if you throw like girls, in a small room sooner or later you might get in a lucky shot. I'm really gonna try to do something in Rapid City this year at Clay's store there. I'll let you all know if we get something figured out but you'll have to check your guns and your rotten fruit at the door.

But seriously, thanks all of you for your kind words and encouragement. It's what keeps me trying to do my part to make sure this is the best leatherworking resource on the internet.

[yaklady]

The thing that is really great about this forum is that I can write up what I know (which isn't nearly as much as some of you think) and send it to Johanna and she can do her magic and here it is for everyone to see (along with a really nice into, Thanks Jo). I don't have to drive to CA or CO or Britain for anyone to see it, although I'd love to go to Austrailia someday, anyone wanna have a class over there????? Nobody has to write me a big check for the chance to throw rotten fruit at me! I am pretty sure Regis would behave, and MAYBE Bert would, but Kathy and Anne, I really doubt it. Even if you throw like girls, in a small room sooner or later you might get in a lucky shot. I'm really gonna try to do something in Rapid City this year at Clay's store there. I'll let you all know if we get something figured out but you'll have to check your guns and your rotten fruit at the door.

But seriously, thanks all of you for your kind words and encouragement. It's what keeps me trying to do my part to make sure this is the best leatherworking resource on the internet.

When you go to Australia can you go to Tasmania and up to Cradle Mountain to do your class?

[william]

ClayB thanks for sharing, this is one type of carving Ive been wanting to see how its done for some time now but had never been able to go anywhere to see it done. Not much teaching here in Atlanta Georgia.

[bruce johnson]

When you teach in person, people can heckle you and throw rotten fruit and stuff. I feel pretty safe way out here in the boonies. I know Kathy and you can't throw this far Maybe someday I'll teach a class but for now I am happy doing lessons right here.

Clay,

Great job on the tutorial. Yep ol' pal, you should teach. Your figure carving and embossing are great. Even I would take a class, and I leave figure carving and silverwork to those who can. I had 6 "do-overs" to get one to pass eons ago when they had the Tandy Leather College thing going. My squirrels looked like bears, my deer looked like a bear, my bear looked like a pig, my grass was fat and looked like a crop of sticks, and my trees had leprosy. I finally passed with a "snake in the desert scene". I can tool sand, rocks, and a cactus.

I would also be willing to serve as seargent-at-arms if necessary and will do a fruit-check at the door. If you get nervous, imagine the students as a bunch of monkeys (the imagine them in their underwear thing is not PC anymore apparently). Second thought, monkeys don't fling fruit..... There is a reason that monkeys are behind glass, we know what they toss. Ernie and I got your back, but we'll stand behind you.

[barra]

ClayB. If you ever get to Australia I'm sure you'd be warmly welcomed. You just need a toothbrush and a passport.

Barra

[Billy P]

Clay B., if you ever make it to South Carolina, you can sleep in my spare bedroom and smell the leather, as that is where I do what little work I'm able to do at. We'll even feed you so that you can keep up your strength to try and teach me some things. I don't have the talent that a lot of people have, but it sure is fun trying to do something with a piece of leather. Regards Billy P

[leatheroo]

Clay...dimensions in leather 2009 in brisbane australia...got to come.. a week long leather lovein LOL ...you can sit next to peter main...i will save a fosters for you

[freak]

Hole lee smolly , smack daddy, crack heads, chicken leg !!! That's one great write up. Thanks for taking the time to take all the pics and explain it all as you did this. It's such a great tutorial and you make it look so easy, heck i almost think i can do it.

That's a gorgeous war buffalo ClayB !!!

[ClayB]

Thank you Freak. This really wasn't as hard as it looks, just time consuming doing all the feathers. You CAN do it!

Leatheroo, I'd really love to be able to go to the Dimensions in Leather conference someday. I doubt I will make it in '09 but hopefully Cheryl and Peter will keep having these long enough that I can make it someday. I got to spend some time with them in Sheridan a few years ago and it was a lot of fun.

As for all the rest of you, if I ever decide to go on a teaching tour, I'll let you all know. It sounds like a lot of fun too.

Clay