More bracers

[TomSwede]

Sooo, leveling out after a autumn that was wild and whacky and I wont try to explain half of it but working with leathers and photography for bands was the main course and off course being out and do promotion for myself, constantly out of town on weekends.

Anyways, theese two was made recently. First one was ordered by Ted of my alltime favourite band Loch Vostok for his son Max birthday.

Being that Loch Vostok is what it is to me and is the No1 band I listen to for inspiration in my shop I just couldn't resist making a freebie for Teds own birthday as a surprise for him. Carrying their signatory V and a design that I cooked up myself in Loch Vostoks favorite colour combo, black and red..here goes!!

Edited November 15, 2009 by TomSwede

[TomSwede]

Loch Vostok

[MBOGO]

Beauty.

[teamroperdad]

Those look good, please forgive my ignorance but what is a bracer, is it like wrist cuffs?

[OdinUK]

Those look great! What sort of paint do you use, or is it a dye?

[TTcustom]

Wow! Looks great Tom. I bet they were super happy.

[DG Leather]

tom i love your work

[Schno]

Tom,

Red and Black called, and they both want you to be their spokesperson. They say, "nobody knows us like Tom knows us". They're right.

[BWL]

Those look good, please forgive my ignorance but what is a bracer, is it like wrist cuffs?

Someone once told me, they were wrist cuffs with an attitude. I'll never forget that reply.

Edited November 16, 2009 by Barbed Wire Leather

[TomSwede]

Thank you very much all!!

Bracers/cuffs/armbands...dear child has many names is a Swedish expression (kärt barn har många namn ;-)

I used only spirit dyes and block dyeing tecniques for both.

I also used the brush to smooth things out around details for the Loch Vostok bracer.

Schno: Special thanks!!! The Loch Vostok bracer was really an attempt to try and find yet another way to work with variation on the black/red color theme.

Seem like my customers really fancy the combo too so allways trying to find new ways for it.

Tom

[OdinUK]

Is block dying when you coat the areas to be painted red in laquer first before applying the red, to make it brighter? Or is it something completely different?

[TheTrooper]

Is block dying when you coat the areas to be painted red in laquer first before applying the red, to make it brighter? Or is it something completely different?

Here is a tutorial Tom wrote some time ago about the block dyeing technique.

Block dyeing

Cheers,

Marcel

[OdinUK]

Here is a tutorial Tom wrote some time ago about the block dyeing technique.

Block dyeing

Cheers,

Marcel

Brilliant! Thank you Marcel (and Tom!)

[TomSwede]

Thank yoy Marcel!!! I hope that I linke to CitizenKates tutorial in my tut. That's what got me started with doing blockdyeing.

A fun technique to work with and very exciting, it can ruin your work easily if you load up your sponge with too much dye.

Tom

[Storm]

Very sharp! Love the black and red combo and the bullet holes.

Storm

[TomSwede]

Thanks Storm!! The little fella loved those bullet holes (13 years old)!

Tom

[NoahL]

Very cool work, Tom! Someday, when I get brave enough to try real tooling, I'd like to try that block dying method. For now, I'll just marvel at your use of it

~Noah

[leatheroo]

excellent tom...i always enjoy your work

[TomSwede]

Very cool work, Tom! Someday, when I get brave enough to try real tooling, I'd like to try that block dying method. For now, I'll just marvel at your use of it

~Noah

Thanks Noah!!! Yeah the block dye tecnique is fun to work with. The secret lays mostly in the tooling, pay attention to any unintentionally raised areas and go over the cuts with a modeller to try and get them as even as possible.

excellent tom...i always enjoy your work

Thx Roo..same to you :-)

Tom