yaklady Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 It's cold and snowy, and there haven't been many orders, so I may as well play. None of these horses are colored yet. I may leave them uncolored for a while for teaching purposes. It's harder to see how the detail was done with color in the way. Maybe a yak with big teeth should be next! Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
dirtclod Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 Great job !!! I wish the play things i make looked that nice !! Quote I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.
Members Tina Posted January 19, 2010 Members Report Posted January 19, 2010 Beautiful carving/tooling on the horses Kathy, I love'm Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
King's X Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 Wow! Kathy, absolutely stunning! Quote Greetings from Central Texas! The Grain Side Up blog #TheGrainSideUp
TimKleffner Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 Hi Kathy Glad to see ya here. Nice work. Glad you posted the pics. I'm gonna try my hand at some figure carving classes, all my horse heads come out looking like a mongrel dog. See ya in Sheridan. Happy tooling Tim Quote It's hard to fail, but worse never to have tried to succeed.Theodore Roosevelt
Hilly Posted January 19, 2010 Report Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) Awesome job, Kathy! So realistic looking! I've always been chicken to try my hand at figure carving, but I think I may just try it out very soon. May I ask where you got your patterns from? I really love the first 2 that you did... Edited January 19, 2010 by Hilly Quote
yaklady Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Posted January 20, 2010 A lot of people are afraid of figure carving, but to me it's a lot easier than geometric stamping. Animals move all the time, so if your knife slips, hey, the horse spooked! Tim, if you came to my class, I could teach you to do a mongrel horse. As far as the patterns go, I drew a couple of them, but mostly I just traced them from a book of photos. Being a leather artist doesn't necessarily mean that you have to draw all your own patterns, it just means you know how to bring that pattern to life on leather. You have to figure out what to cut and where to bevel and how to put hair on. The eyes are a problem for what seems like most people, but they really aren't that hard. I'm working on an article about doing eyes, and have lots of pictures that I'd like to share with you if you like. This morning, I'm off to get yak hay, so it will have to wait till later in the day. I'm getting one of those big round bales. I love making it fly off the back of my truck! Kathy Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Hilly Posted January 20, 2010 Report Posted January 20, 2010 Yes Kathy, I would be delighted if you'd show us your figure carving secrets! How about a tutorial to be pinned and a link on the main page? Quote
techniques Posted January 20, 2010 Report Posted January 20, 2010 Kathy, your horses are just wonderful. I wish I would only half as good as you. The last three are my favourites. Can you tell me the size of the carving? I haven’t done leather carving for nearly 10 years. I started now again, but the results are frustrating. I have to start from the beginning on. I would appreciate if you could make us a tutorial. Gisela Quote
Contributing Member ClayB Posted January 21, 2010 Contributing Member Report Posted January 21, 2010 Hey Kathy, You never sent me pictures of the last set of horses you carved, I like them even better than the ones you did send me! The detail in the eyes is awesome! You got the look down perfectly. You did a great job on the teeth too. I'll be looking forward to taking your horse carving class someplace this coming year. Quote ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
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