montanadreams Report post Posted January 5, 2010 My name is Olive. I have been tooling leather for quite some time, but am not an expert by any means. I was fortunate to have lived near an active guild - Prairie States Leather Guild in Illinois for many years. During that time I learned a lot about leatherwork, and was able to take classes from, or seek advice from some great leather carvers, namely Bob Beard, Paul Burnett, Robb Barr, Kat Kuszak, and others. Some are since deceased, but I am still impressed by their artistic ability. I hope to continue improving my work, and am looking forward to hearing from you if you have suggestions or ideas for me. I will attach a photo of an unfinished bracelet. A silversmith is making a solid sterling cuff that this piece will be inlaid into. The image of the bear, wolf and turtle represent the three clans of the Oneida Nation in upstate NY. Thanks for listening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montanadreams Report post Posted January 5, 2010 My name is Olive. I have been tooling leather for quite some time, but am not an expert by any means. I was fortunate to have lived near an active guild - Prairie States Leather Guild in Illinois for many years. During that time I learned a lot about leatherwork, and was able to take classes from, or seek advice from some great leather carvers, namely Bob Beard, Paul Burnett, Robb Barr, Kat Kuszak, and others. Some are since deceased, but I am still impressed by their artistic ability. I hope to continue improving my work, and am looking forward to hearing from you if you have suggestions or ideas for me. I will attach a photo of an unfinished bracelet. A silversmith is making a solid sterling cuff that this piece will be inlaid into. The image of the bear, wolf and turtle represent the three clans of the Oneida Nation in upstate NY. Thanks for listening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Welcome to Leatherworker.net, Olive! It appears that you have a really good handle on carving, so be prepared for folks to start asking " how did you....." Coffee's fresh, restrooms are down the hall. Grab a chair and stay a while, just stay away from the donuts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CitizenKate Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Hi Olive, glad you stopped by! That is some very nice work - both the carving and the coloring. Look forward to seeing more of your work! Kate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HARVEY Report post Posted January 5, 2010 My name is Olive. I have been tooling leather for quite some time, but am not an expert by any means. I was fortunate to have lived near an active guild - Prairie States Leather Guild in Illinois for many years. During that time I learned a lot about leatherwork, and was able to take classes from, or seek advice from some great leather carvers, namely Bob Beard, Paul Burnett, Robb Barr, Kat Kuszak, and others. Some are since deceased, but I am still impressed by their artistic ability. I hope to continue improving my work, and am looking forward to hearing from you if you have suggestions or ideas for me. I will attach a photo of an unfinished bracelet. A silversmith is making a solid sterling cuff that this piece will be inlaid into. The image of the bear, wolf and turtle represent the three clans of the Oneida Nation in upstate NY. Thanks for listening. Olive !! Great to see you here! (It's about time!) I do believe you'll find this site a notch above some others, and enjoy it more. I'm smiling as I'm typing this; glad you've finally come around and joined some of the rest of us. Harvey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbird Report post Posted January 5, 2010 howdy and welcome very nice work you do glad your with us. josh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montanadreams Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Thank you for the warm welcome folks! I'm glad to have found the site. Harvey, you are right... I was getting tired of the "other" site and feel the level of work on here is much improved and will inspire me more! Hope to see you in Sheridan! Olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leatherman1457 Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Olive welcome to the LW site. hope you like it and enjoy it. we are more then willing to give and take advice from anyone. from the oldtimers to the newbies. we learn from them all. 'I hope to see more of your bracelets. I love to make bracelets and like to see other peoples work. enjoy the site. there is so much to see here. Gary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roo4u Report post Posted January 5, 2010 bitterroot valley.....oh you lucky duck! my mom is from hamilton, lived in both hamilton and stevensville when i was a kid...id kill to be able to move back there now. nebraska is so ugly my comparison Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montanadreams Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Olive welcome to the LW site. hope you like it and enjoy it. we are more then willing to give and take advice from anyone. from the oldtimers to the newbies. we learn from them all. 'I hope to see more of your bracelets. I love to make bracelets and like to see other peoples work. enjoy the site. there is so much to see here. Gary Hello Gary, Your bracelets are really cool too. I hope to make a few more soon, and wish I knew how to do the silverwork. Is there a stiffener inside your cuff, stitched bracelets besides a filler piece? I'd like to make some tooled bracelets that have a metal core that could be formed into the wrist shape after tooling. Have you done that? What type of metal core do you think would work best? Thank you for your comments. Olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montanadreams Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Hi Tracy, I've lived in Nebraska too, and I do prefer western Montana. The climate is milder and the scenery is spectacular. I live south of Stevensville. How did you end up in Nebraska? I still like parts of Nebraska, I lived in the NE corner of the state, and that is where I learned to carve leather. Olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayB Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Hi Olive, Looks like you learned really well from some great teachers. I would love to have had a chance to have met Kat. She did some really neat and original projects. You dont happen to have any pictures of her or her work do you? Welcome to LW. I'll be looking forward to seeing more from you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaci Report post Posted January 8, 2010 Hi! Welcome to the forum! You beautiful work I happen to be from the plentywood, mt area. You have the -25 weather too? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayB Report post Posted January 8, 2010 Hey, not to hijack this thread, but I lived in Antelope till I was 5 or 6. We used to go to Plentywood on Saturdays to get groceries and spend our weekly nickel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montanadreams Report post Posted January 8, 2010 Hi Clay, I have some old photographs of one of Kat's pieces titled Spring in the Beartooths - a fantastic picture of a dead grizzley and mountain man with a little snow partly covering them. I'd have to hunt for it and see if I could scan it. Thank you for your comments, I still have a long ways to go to be near as good as Kat was. Olive [Hi Kaci, No I'm in the Montana tropic zone. It is plus 5 degrees right now. Please bundle up. Olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
montanadreams Report post Posted January 8, 2010 Hey Clay, I visited your website and am very impressed with your work. Beautiful! Olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
