New photo album

[Ian]

beautiful stuff - I'm thinking that backgound tool would make some nice koi or dragon scales

[walletman]

hi dude well coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Hilly]

Darn it anyway, Clay! I'm really jealous of your talent! That album is beautiful!

Care to share your pattern????

[Spider]

Wow Clay, I envy your skills to do such nice work. My wife would love me to do such pretty work instead of the ugly sh...stuff I do.

[Beaverslayer]

Clay, beautiful looking carving, I always love seeing your work when you do post it. Can't wait to see the finished project.

Ken

[Clay]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I did not get to work on it tonight but hoefully I will tomorrow. To answer some of the questions, The back ground or basket stamping is a BK shell stamp, this can also be done with a veiner that has bee modified a bit. The stamping on the edges and the spine area is a M657 background stamp. It is the one with lines going this way and that across it. It has three sizes available. I like to use this stamp wto cover up marks that I accidently make like the lines from my pinkie fingernail. LOL Thanks again,

ClayM.

[Myriam]

Nice looking design and work, Clay. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[Clay]

Well, I got the carving finished and will pe puting on some oil and getting the other side done tomorow night. That one will just be the shell weave with the whatever you wanna call it shape and no floral. Then I will put on the liner and lace it up. I am thinking that I may use some 1/4 inch foam between the stiffener and the leather to make it a soft "squishy" cover. If I do that I will cut the foam to the same size as the square border then bevel cut it at a 45 and glue it in place.

Thanks,

ClayM.

[Beaverslayer]

That's looking awesome Clay, beautiful carving.

Ken

[Hilly]

Can't wait to see it finished! Thanks for pix of your WIP.