Good Sheridan Carving Resources For A Beginner

[leatherjunkie]

So I purchased these two books. Both books have good information but Sheridan Style Carving is definitely more comprehensive. I can see why so many people said good things about it. In my opinion, Sheridan Style Carving is the better of the two books for a beginner. Now I need to get a few more tools and practice, practice, practice.

You can find Chan Geer's pattern packs at www.hidestoart.com. hides to art also sells barry king tools which are designed for sheridan style carving.

Check your local leathercraft store and see if they will bring Chan Geer in for a class. If not hopefully you have a tandy store close that may be able to bring Chan Geer in to do a class.

Chan Geer is a very good instructor and easy to talk to. He loves teaching sheridan style to everyone that wants to learn. If you can find one of his classes be sure to have some extra money with you cause he sells tools from barry king and hides to art at his classes.

www.hidecrafter.com also has some videos made by Chan Geer which are very good to watch. his leather lacing video is the one that i watch the most, mainly because i forget how to finish the lacing.

Jim Linnel from tandy leather factory says you can use crafttools to do sheridan style tooling. He even did a how to video one sheridan style. think that tandy leather factory sells this one.

I was able to take one of his classes on animal carving. He also loves teaching leathercraft to all. I think his speciallity is animal carving and embossing.

any video that you can pickup for leatherworking is well worth it even if all you do is watch the video.