My Latest Bible Cover

[BearMan]

Hi Everybody,

Here is the Bible cover I tooled in my " Improvised" Warm shop. As you can see,,, it is covering a Very thick Bible,,, a heavy one too. All the colors are done with Spirit dyes, & there is some airbrush fading on the back & side. You can't really see it in the picture, but the oval area around the Cross, has some Pearlescence finish on it, to give it some added pop. The basket weave on the back is curved. The person wanted a handle, so this is what I came up with. I added some rare earth magnets on the flaps, just to add a little more strength. Also,,, I almost forgot,,, the Book Mark, has 3 faceted Garnets,,, Jan Birthstone. Sooo what do you think?? Thanks for looking. Ed the"BearMan"

[terrahyd]

YOU ARE A TRUE MASTER ....THANKS FOR RAISING THE BAR FOR ALL OF US,,,,,DOC..........

[azrider]

All I can say is wow. That gives me something to aspire to. How do you keep the curved basket weave lined up?

[JLSleather]

Love the swept basketweave.

Color without "gaudy", basketweave without "boxey", balanced look. I'm liking it.

One thing ... I would make a point of turning BOTH crosses right-side-up (definitely).

Nice case!

[RustyMelton]

That is a fantastic Bible cover, super job.

[BearMan]

Thanks, Doc, Adam & JL, It seems that everybody likes the curved Basketweave. If I remember correctly, it seems that there was a good tutorial here on doing the curved Basket weave. It can be somewhat of a challenge,,, but if you keep everything lined up, & plan your spacing, you can do it. I would start with a gentle curve, & then progress, to a tighter curve. To do complete circles, you will need 3-4 basket weave stamps, of the same design, that get progressively smaller. Some of the best I've seen, have been by: Phil LeDuc , Little John France , & Don Berglund. Thanks, for the compliments,,, Ed the"BearMan"

[Storm]

Hi Ed,

Love this one! The basket waeave is sweet. Like that thinking outside of the box.

Thanx for showing this one,

Storm

[TimDreamer]

Very nice, Ed!! The spirit dyes make the front cover exceptional and like everyone else said you did an excellent job with the basketweave. I can see that I've got a lot of hides to pound to learn from the great folks here at LW.