Wet formed bag tutorial

[dragonspit]

very nice tute. thanks for taking the time.

[TexasJack]

Nice job on the tutorial!

[cajunbill]

That was a very useful tutorial, thanks for the pictures and write up.

[Miett]

Excellent--Thanks very much for posting! Once I have the experience necessary, I'll definitely try making this pretty little thing!

[WhiteFalcon]

Good tutorial! I'll just jump in and confirm that these are Le Prevo buckles (0508-20 3/4" brass full roller buckle - £4.73 per 10). They're the same ones that I use on my pouches!

Terry

Very Nice Job!!

[Jacko P]

Thank you for posting this tutorial MagiKelly. I too am self taught and was rapt to see that I had worked out some of your techniques for myself. I mold my pouches over this form I came up with The major difference in our techniques being I use multiple rubber bands to hold the leather to the form and them clamp the female piece of the form over the base until dry. Occasionally a stubborn bit of leather requires staples around it's edges outside of where I'll be trimming it to hold curled edges down before I clamp it.<br /><br />Something as obvious as varnishing the timber had not occurred to me. I originally waxed it but have got lazy with this. I'll give my form a sand and lacquer it. I will also give your tacking idea a go as on occasion I have problems with the leather not molding perfectly, particularly around the bottom corners. I intend to make myself up a template to place over the top of my pouches so I can reliably trim them to the same profile. I will also be making a new form as the mood moves me using  thick plastic from a cutting board as the base and female part of the form. I may laminate several thickness's together to make the pouches body mold.<br /><br />The longer I spend on this forum, the more I'm liking it - thanks again<br /><br />regards Jacko

[SelfTaught123]

Thank you for your wonderful step by step on this pouch and process, I have been starting teaching self the wet shaped leather work field, planning on doing masks for my friends and my self, however, this pouch has given me an idea for a Double Cased Item, a spherical purse, about five inches diameter. Do you have any sugestions on doing a double shaped item, rather than an item that is shaped on one side, and flat form on the other?

[MagiKelly]

I have never done a double shaped item so have no experience to pass on. If I were to try it I guess I would mould both sides on the same form to make sure they matched up exactly.

I'll be looking forward to your tutorial when you try it

[Dolphini]

Wow! Great tutorial, beautifully displayed and explained. Thank you.

[almac]

this is probably one of the best wet forming tutorials that i have seen! thank you so much for your time on this.

one question tho.

if you were going to basketweave stamp the pouch, would you stamp it on a flat surface and then mold it or mold it and use the face of the mold to stamp the leather before it dried?

thanks again.

al