Hello from Montana

[montanadreams]

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.

[montanadreams]

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.

[TwinOaks]

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.

[CitizenKate]

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

[HARVEY]

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

[jbird]

howdy and welcome

very nice work you do glad your with us.

josh

[montanadreams]

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

[leatherman1457]

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

[roo4u]

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

[montanadreams]

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