Journal Covers, Coasters, Laptop Sleeve

[JustKate]

Eric, you never cease to amaze me with your talent and creativity. Very glad I caught this, it's beautiful work.

[Imapeopleperson]

That's awesome. Great work.

[particle]

Very nice, I wish I could free hand art like that.

David

Thanks David - I spent several hours at the drawing board (lap desk in front of my TV....) drawing the design and refining the art. I started with pencil on paper, then erased and cleaned up the piece, then traced the design on vellum with a permanent marker. One of these days I may scan the individual pieces (flowers, leaves, etc.) and create template files in illustrator so I can generate the artwork a little faster, but I just hate sitting in front of the computer at night after sitting at a desk all day at work.

My gosh your work is AMAZING!!

Beautiful art and leatherwork

I do see what you mean about the difference in how leather from different sources take stains differently.

I bet it varies slightly from hide to hide as well from the same supplier. Have a big enough piece to finish an entire project or your @#^$ed....you know

You're right - I definitely wouldn't want to use something like the Tandy leather on one side, and the W&C leather on the other, but so long as the two pieces aren't immediately visible (without folding, contorting, etc.), I'd be okay with using two different hides on a project, so long as they generally look the same and are from the same tannery. For example, I just finished a lined western-style holster for a coworker. The exterior was 8oz Wickett & Craig, and the lining was some leftover Tandy (from the journal cover in this thread) - I can't remember off-hand if it was 3-4 or 4-5oz. The belt loop extends up from the back of the holster (the traditional way a western style holster is made), then folds down and is sewn onto the back of the holster so the lining layer is visible on the exterior of the holster (back side) at the belt tunnel. It's very obvious the hides were two different qualities. It was dyed black, so it wasn't a huge deal (and he got a monster discount because he's a coworker). If it wasn't lined, it would have just been the exposed flesh side of the leather, so it still was better than just seeing flesh. But it's definitely something to keep in mind as a general rule.