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I use the Stumble button on my toolbar, way too much. Of course, my preferred search tag is some variation on Leather...how to, what's new, stuff like that. Tonight's came up with this link, which I thought was a pretty darn cool piece of leatherwork.

http://community.livejournal.com/the_dragons/91201.html

I come across a lot of weird stuff like this. How about you? What have you found out there recently?

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I found Leatherworker.net.

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I'm with Mike. I can't get away from this site long enough to go anywhere else!

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Yeh, I know what you mean about, but you have to do something in between new posts!...lol

I wouldn't have learned about this guy, if I didn't explore.

http://www.bearsystems.com/OldLeatherMan/OldLeatherMan.htm

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I found this a while ago and had posted it in another thread www.streamlineoriginals.com

Click on Gallery.

Crystal

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I found leatherworker.net and I have A ipod touch so most of the time I can get on line and search for info but I have not ever seen A site like this.

Josh

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That's really cool Crystal. The fish are awesome, and his Map of Africa, at the bottom of his gallery struck me as very nice.

I found this a while ago and had posted it in another thread www.streamlineoriginals.com

Click on Gallery.

Crystal

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His stuff is nice.

$450 for a keycase! Hell, Go for it. The work is truly an unappreciated labor. People are always trying to trade the price down. Someone should try bargaining from the high side. Interesting

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His stuff is nice.

$450 for a keycase! Hell, Go for it. The work is truly an unappreciated labor. People are always trying to trade the price down. Someone should try bargaining from the high side. Interesting

Ahem, that would be "her" stuff. The artist is Silva Fox, Al Stohlman winner, master of acrylics on leather.

:)

Johanna

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I stand corrected, as usual.

I just looked at the work. I don't necessarily care who the person is. If it's good, it's good. For every one person who is the stradavarius of leather, there are 4,000 giving it their best shot.

Let's upgrade this topic a little. Maybe you could list a leather craftsman whose work you appreciate. Then maybe our fair maiden Johanna might send out an introductory email, and bring those people into the fold. With the wealth of information here, believe it or not, we haven't reached our potential. There's some amazing craftsman out there we have still to meet.

Ahem, that would be "her" stuff. The artist is Silva Fox, Al Stohlman winner, master of acrylics on leather.

:)

Johanna

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Silva is a member here already. I recognized a half a dozen names (also members) on the electronic cottage page. Whenever I see a leather artist whose work intrigues me, I always send an email/letter/ make a phone call with an invitation. If you guys would do the same...oh my, we'll call it a party. I've got the pizza covered.

Johanna

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i like www.deviantart.com...checkout the leathercraft under the artisan craft. i also like youtube for a laugh. i like to read the news every morning on the net.

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forgot to say i love to shop on the internet....bargains everywhere...especially when it comes to computer stuff....

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If I had a list of artists whose work I appreciate (and I do) Silva's name would be right near the top of it. I consider her to be one of the very best when it comes to figure carving and coloring. She has gone to great lengths to help me learn and improve my work in the last several years. When I was having a lot of trouble carving a golden retriever dog, she worked up a lesson that is on her site and appeared in the LCSJ. She doesn't seem to be carving all that much anymore and I have heard rumors that she has retired her swivel knife, but I really hope that isn't true. She is one person that I would really like to get to meet and take a class from someday and I bug her to come to ND on a regular basis. So much so that she once called me "a persistant little cuss!". Yeah she has high price tag on her work, but she is "that good" in my opinion. That's why I have a piece of her work hanging on my wall. It's a piece I commisioned her to do and if you go to her website, it's the first picture that comes up.

Silva usually donates a piece of her work to the raffle table at the IFOLG show in the fall. If you make it to the show, you might have a chance to see some of her work in person and have a chance to win it.

I stand corrected, as usual.

I just looked at the work. I don't necessarily care who the person is. If it's good, it's good. For every one person who is the stradavarius of leather, there are 4,000 giving it their best shot.

Let's upgrade this topic a little. Maybe you could list a leather craftsman whose work you appreciate. Then maybe our fair maiden Johanna might send out an introductory email, and bring those people into the fold. With the wealth of information here, believe it or not, we haven't reached our potential. There's some amazing craftsman out there we have still to meet.

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