Members Storm Posted November 30, 2009 Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 Arbalet wondered what this would look like tooled. Sooooo I gave it a go. Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members rhona Posted November 30, 2009 Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 Beautiful work, Storm!I How big is the actual size? Quote
Members Storm Posted November 30, 2009 Author Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 Beautiful work, Storm!I How big is the actual size? Thanx Rhona, It is aboit 5.5inches by 10.5 inches. Maybe six hours of work including the dying and blocking. Storm Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members DG Leather Posted November 30, 2009 Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 Thanx Rhona, It is aboit 5.5inches by 10.5 inches. Maybe six hours of work including the dying and blocking. Storm By blocking,do you mean block dye process? way that tom states with cotton balls in linen resulting in coloring high spots?? Quote
Members Storm Posted November 30, 2009 Author Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 By blocking,do you mean block dye process? way that tom states with cotton balls in linen resulting in coloring high spots?? No blocking the surface by using a few coats of Super Shene before dying the piece. The problem is that the new All In One Tandy dyes are not like the old ones. The old antiques were never a problem. The new ones have a way of leaching through on occasion. I used to be able to work up two three and sometimes four layers of darkness. Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members DG Leather Posted November 30, 2009 Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 No blocking the surface by using a few coats of Super Shene before dying the piece. The problem is that the new All In One Tandy dyes are not like the old ones. The old antiques were never a problem. The new ones have a way of leaching through on occasion. I used to be able to work up two three and sometimes four layers of darkness. ok now i am confused and intriguing can you explain thi sto me? Quote
leatherman1457 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) Storm nice work. I like your use of the old pattern and yes i agree about tandy die's now sucking. if it is not broke don't fix it and tandy has a track record of fixinfg something that is not broke and kmaking it worse. that is why I love the old Tandy stuff Edited November 30, 2009 by leatherman1457 Quote If you can conceive it, you can achieve it. visit my web site www.leathertools4u.com "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Members Storm Posted November 30, 2009 Author Members Report Posted November 30, 2009 ok now i am confused and intriguing can you explain thi sto me? Hi Ganonymous, No need to be confused. I used to use the same sort of technique doing watercolor illustrations and paintings. In the case of the tulips I wanted the flowers to remain the same color as the untouched leather. So I carefully brush on the Super Shene and coat the petals and anything else I don't want to have dyed. I usually put two to three coats on and let it dry thoroughly. Then apply your dye and when you wipe it off the coated(Blocked) parts should remain the same color pretty much. My recent skull and roses used the same technique. That is why the roses appear so glossy. That is also due to my scanning he art into the computer. Hope that this helps. Storm Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members DG Leather Posted December 1, 2009 Members Report Posted December 1, 2009 Hi Ganonymous, No need to be confused. I used to use the same sort of technique doing watercolor illustrations and paintings. In the case of the tulips I wanted the flowers to remain the same color as the untouched leather. So I carefully brush on the Super Shene and coat the petals and anything else I don't want to have dyed. I usually put two to three coats on and let it dry thoroughly. Then apply your dye and when you wipe it off the coated(Blocked) parts should remain the same color pretty much. My recent skull and roses used the same technique. That is why the roses appear so glossy. That is also due to my scanning he art into the computer. Hope that this helps. Storm thank you kindly....I never thought of doing this...lol....it makes sense though!!! hahaha Quote
Members KatieG Posted December 1, 2009 Members Report Posted December 1, 2009 Looks really good, Storm! My only wonder is... how would it look inverted? I like the colors you chose for it tho!! Quote "You are capable, competent, creative, careful. Prove it." - Fortune Cookie http://SchuldigTheRed.DeviantArt.com
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