Members maddhatter Posted January 13, 2010 Members Report Posted January 13, 2010 hey all i've been pounding my head against a wall on this one, an im sure there is a very easy way to do it so it eludes me (chuckle), but any way heres the deal i have a customer that wants an item done with the night sky in mind, (ok no big deal) i got the color down now heres the kicker how to carve the stars where no two stars are the same and they look like the stars in the sky, big ones small ones and so on. any and all ideas would be of great help, thanks to every one in advance. maddhatter Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 13, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted January 13, 2010 How much detail in the carving? If the stars are "distant", I wouldn't carve them at all ... paint only. Having said that, I wouldn't "paint" the stars at all, but rather paint the everything in the sky EXCEPT the stars. Not sure how you paint, but there are some posts on here where people "resist" areas of the leather... I'll see if I can post a quick example... Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members maddhatter Posted January 13, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 13, 2010 thanks for the help JLSleather, i didnt think of a resist type style of doing the stars i'll keep that in mind and try it on some scrap to see how it looks maddhatter Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 13, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted January 13, 2010 Can't seem to find that example at the moment, but I did find a standard downloadable photo. You can see that the stars are where the paint AINT... Worth noting, maybe, that there is no black in the sky... Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members maddhatter Posted January 13, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 13, 2010 thank you very much for searching for the pic JLS this will help out nicely maddhatter Quote
leatherman1457 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 I would not tool them. i would use an air brush to put them in.on a few of the stars that you want to be stick out I would use the back of a paint brush and dip it in the paint and put on the leather and then airbrush over it. after see thousands of stars in my 8" telescope they do not shine as a point of ligth but as a point of light with a haze around it and sometime because of the dust in the air you will see rays comning off of it. best thing to do it go see some of the hubble space telescope pictures and go from there or go to google earth and see the stars from the google site. might even want to make you put a galaxy in the picture lol 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 maddhatter Posted January 15, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 15, 2010 thanks to you both JLS and Leatherman1457 for the great info, im working on some practice scraps and putting your info to good use hopefully i can get it so it looks like the nightsky, heh your right i did try to put in a galaxy (chuckle) thanks much again maddhatter Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 15, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted January 15, 2010 Kaint 'member which one, but in one of Stohlman's books he mentioned using drops of glue for "splash" in the water, or raindrops. Something like that may work here, too. I've never done it, because [almost without exception] my work gets used and I suspect it would get knocked off. Just a thought... I do know, though, that I don't use white. I've done adult eagles (the white "hair" feathers) and buckskin horses (the forehead and main) by making the natural leather appear white with color around that area. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members maddhatter Posted January 17, 2010 Author Members Report Posted January 17, 2010 good idea, your right about the book he used it on a bottle to show the sweat, forgot all about that an i did want to try that, hmmmmm thanks for the reminder, i'll let ya know how it went (chuckle) thanks again JLS. maddhatter Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted January 17, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted January 17, 2010 good idea, your right ... thanks again JLS. maddhatter Never too big to accept a compliment, but this one's already out and public, kaint git the credit... that idea was Stohlman's (or someone he knew) But you're welcome anyway, glad I could help. You a MN boy? My buddy up the street is from there, but he's clearly not the brightest star in the [MN] sky ... didn't go NEARLY far enough south ... Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
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