Elements - Cue Case

[JohnBarton]

This one was done after the customer sent me a 14 page letter detailing what he wanted.  Twice.  By real mail.  And twice by email to be sure.  Followed up with tons more email and phone calls.  Making "custom" cases is work.  I'd rather be an artist who creates for me first and then sells rather than spending so much time selling and then creating.  But I digress, the case turned out nicely I think.  The idea here was to allow the tooling to wander around the case kind of like the clinging vines that travel up the walls.  Although the tooling is slightly off-balance from what I had in my head when sketching it out I like the end result for it's asymmetry.  I guess this is one of the side-effects of building leather goods in a shop with many folks involved in the process.  Were it just me then this case would have turned out differently as I would have imposed my Obsessive disorder on it.  With Zhen Hai's interpretation of my sketch I think he injected a little randomness to it that works well.   

Anyway, that's my thoughts on it.  Here it is for you to decide.

More pictures here http://www.jbcases.com/elements.html

[KatieG]

wow, that's just lovely <3

[Vikefan]

This one was done after the customer sent me a 14 page letter detailing what he wanted. Twice. By real mail. And twice by email to be sure. Followed up with tons more email and phone calls. Making "custom" cases is work. I'd rather be an artist who creates for me first and then sells rather than spending so much time selling and then creating. But I digress, the case turned out nicely I think. The idea here was to allow the tooling to wander around the case kind of like the clinging vines that travel up the walls. Although the tooling is slightly off-balance from what I had in my head when sketching it out I like the end result for it's asymmetry. I guess this is one of the side-effects of building leather goods in a shop with many folks involved in the process. Were it just me then this case would have turned out differently as I would have imposed my Obsessive disorder on it. With Zhen Hai's interpretation of my sketch I think he injected a little randomness to it that works well.

Anyway, that's my thoughts on it. Here it is for you to decide.

More pictures here http://www.jbcases.com/elements.html

I think you've done a marvelous job! I am a pool player myself and own two "old" George cue cases, one single and one double. I love your craftsmanship on this one!

Keep up the "Great" work!!

Vikefan

[Kevin King]

I'd rather be an artist who creates for me first and then sells rather than spending so much time selling and then creating.     

I hear ya buddy! Nice case. I especially like the magnetic fasteners you use.

KK

[joquarter]

Nice case.

[JohnBarton]

I hear ya buddy! Nice case. I especially like the magnetic fasteners you use.

KK

Thanks, that has turned out to be something I really like.  I can't stand using latches that I have no control over.  Most nice looking latches are made for purses and as such can't really hold up to the weight of a cue case.  So I tried to figure out how to do it so that the lid can hold the weight and would stay closed.  Lots of little neodymium magnets embedded inside do the trick.  We do magnets on the body and flap instead of just one side.

Here is a video of me trying to break my arm making it unlatch -

[Lace]

This is amazing. I love the details and overall design of it. Beautiful.