Inlay Design - Pattern To Tight?

[BillB]

Mike,

I understand. I am more familiar with the in-lay term used in wood working where various pieces and types of wood "lay in" between each other to make a deign or pattern. When finished, all the surfaces would be the same level. In filigree wood work, there would be a single piece of wood that would have piercings or cutouts and the remaining wood would be the pattern or the outline of the patterns. Some times another piece of wood of opposite color would be place behind that first piece. So maybe the two terms would be "in-lay" and "behind-lay". 8-)

The example that someone gave of stained glass would actually be inlay since the pieces of glass lay in the frame of the lead foil which lays between the pieces.

In either case, showing an example clear shows what one is trying to discuss regards of the terms each one is familiar with.

Again. TKS

BillB

[JC Javelle]

Haha Katsass. I have a lifetime (short though it may be!) background in art. There is not much I haven't touched on. Leather is just the new medium, and the first art I've touched in about 3 to 4 years now. When I get the hang of it and can work it without consternation...I'll set my eyes on welding. But yes, I know. Everyone has their own method, every little detail is different. How to hold the utensil, how to move it, turn it. It's like writing, everyone has their own way to stroke the pen. My problem, I have to actually be shown the steps, and then I have to be made to do it as I have been shown. I can pick things up so easily that way. But I have no one to show me the details in leather, so I actually do have to make it up as I go. I have no way to visualize how to do it either. So the different steps I hear, I pick what sounds most comfortable to me and to how I am used to working. I take what sounds the "easiest" or smoothest way to do it, to how I am used to doing things, and then I try to make it work. If not, I'll ask again. I can be a pest when it comes to questions, and can ask a question 10 different ways until I get the answer I am satisfied with.

I am ordering a catalog from Springfield right now! I swear. Tandys, hell I got lucky. Tandys is right down the street from me, by what, some 7 or 8 blocks I think? Sometimes it is just better to take the short drive or bike ride there. Much more entertaining too. I can touch and smell the leather then.

As for dry.. haha. We had a good two weeks of solid sun without a single hint of a rain cloud. Dried up real quick over here. And now we get severe thunderstorms that are so short they can't even cool the temperature at all. Usually it's hot, hot, hot, massive down pouring of rain, and then a day or two of cool before the hot comes back. Rinse, repeat. Memphis is usually fairly predictable that way. Usually. Lately it's been in the 90's, with a severe thunderstorm warnings in the afternoon that brings short, heavy bouts of rain, sometimes with hail (hail in 90 degree weather! haha!). It'll be dry before the day is out sometimes. This last burst of rain for 4 days this week? Dry by Thursday. Dusty by Friday.

BillB, my example of the stained glass was to give the impression of what I meant by the leather in my design being thin and in between the design cutouts. That is all I meant by the stained glass. My suede is being laid behind the design by being glued and sewn to the back of the leather.