TomPetty Report post Posted July 8, 2009 Hi, I have been wanting to do some pinecone work for a friends job I'm working on and just can't get them the way I want and was wondering if anyone might have some pointers, recommended tools or a tutorial on the subject. Any help would be greatful. Thanks Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayB Report post Posted July 11, 2009 Hi Tom, Nobody's jumping in here, so maybe there isn't anyone that has any good tips for carving pine cones??? I've tried them a couple times and they never turn out that good either. You can tell they are supposed to be a pine cone, but they sure aren't anything special. The only instructions I remember seeing for pine cones was in Al Stohlman's book, Inverted Leather Carving, and the instructions in there are for carving them inverted (imagine that!) I tried carving a couple of them this morning using those instructions and the results weren't any better than when I've tried them before (so I am not sure I want to post them here) If anyone has some tips for carving pine cones, or even some examples of ones that they have done, I hope they'll post them. I'd like to see them too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kfiretwo Report post Posted July 12, 2009 Hi,I have been wanting to do some pinecone work for a friends job I'm working on and just can't get them the way I want and was wondering if anyone might have some pointers, recommended tools or a tutorial on the subject. Any help would be greatful. Thanks Tom Hello tom Im no expert on pine cones but I have done a few that turned out pretty well, Im looking for the pics of the binder that I put them on, I under cut the pedals with the swivel knife, than used the smallest pearl shader that I had which is very small and indented every pedal, after stamping I took a small spoon stylist and lifted each pedal starting at the bottom working up to the top of the cone making a layering affect when dried it left a craving that was raised up out of the leather, when u ran ur finger over it you could feel every point on the cones, the lady it was for thought that they were glued on to the leather for they way they were raised hope this gives u some ideas to play with, there is no write or wrong way to do things, just some better ways lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
