Demo: Block dying

[Crystal]

Thank you, Kate! Another great thing to learn. I have to ditto Don, when I saw the eariler post asking for some help - I went everywhere except to what you have shown. (blew another pop quiz.)

And you have proven another therory that I have about all the talent on this board - all of you have two heads and four hands...(I can see two of you hands, so the other two are taking the pictures... ) otherwise how can an individual possibly retain all this information and produce such fabulous results? I am going to look into cloning....

Dolly

[abn]

Thanks for taking the time to write up that demo, Kate. Block-dyeing is on my list of things to try soon!

p.s. Thanks, too, for the link to Estes Village. Lots of nice stuff on that site!

[CitizenKate]

LOL I wish I had four hands! Actually, what I did was set the camera up on a tripod, and set the timer so I was working when the shutter went off.

Kate

And you have proven another therory that I have about all the talent on this board - all of you have two heads and four hands...(I can see two of you hands, so the other two are taking the pictures... ) otherwise how can an individual possibly retain all this information and produce such fabulous results? I am going to look into cloning....

[skip]

Very nice demo I too haven't seen dying like that since the seventies. thank you for reminding me of my past and the fun I had when I was just a wee ladd.

[tazzmann]

Thanks for the great write-up Kate! Possibilities..... hmmmmm....

[gtwister09]

Paul Burnett has many stamping designs that are a wonderful to start your creativity if you want to do that type of stamping work. Many of them are for belts but he also shows many coloring techniques as well. They can be purchased from the various leather suppliers and he has a web site as well.

Paul Burnett - Painted Cow Website

Regards,

Ben

[Pip]

Thanks Citizen kate! fabulous demo!!

[Spider]

Yes, in fact I can show you something similar.... take a look at the work of Les & Kimball Beery. Love their work!

Kate

Funny you would quote or use their work as an example. I will use your work as an example of great work. Funny how that happens huh?

[MADMAX22]

Thanks Kate, Tom just directed me here and I think this is very useful.

[dvawolk]

Hi, Kate!

I just tried this system for block dyeing and it is just drying by me...

The difference is that i pressed oak leaf into vegetable tanned leather. The leaf impression is stunning in detail, but there is very minute shallownes of it - the leaves are a thin thing :-)

So when i try to block dye, some surface that is pressed down, is also colored...

I am pressing another leaf into leather right now and i will try the following.

The leaf will be pressed into wet vegetable tanned leather for about half an hour.

After that i will block dye it right away when it will be still wet.

---Is this okay, or is it better to wait for the leather to be dry inside the press?

IMO it is harder to dye embossed leaf with wide embossed surfaces, compared to deeply tooled leather. Is there any other suggestion not to paint over the embossed surface, or is the only answer: practice makes perfect :-) ?