Silhouette Style Carving

[Handstitched]

G'Day

I was asked to do a logo for a motorcyle club member, so it can be attached to one of his saddle bags on his bike.

I first practiced on a piece of scrap.

The logo itself was pretty easy to do, but there were some words that I couldn't quite fit into the space using the smallest letters I had.

I used a silhouette style carving, as it is B/W with no colours.

However, I had a light bulb moment .

Practicing on scrap, I used a pointy modeling tool to write the letters in, and to leave a nice impression, and....wait for it.....I also used an old felt tip pen that had dried out, dip it in the dye ( like a quill) and write with the dye.

The 'handwritten' style , suited the logo perfectly.

I've attached a few pics.

This can be used in all sorts of applications, and with different size felt tips.

I'm really hoping that this is MY contributing idea to the leather crafting world,....but knowing my luck, someone else has already done it.

I just hope it helps someone else.

All the Best,

Handstitched

[Bob Blea]

Nice idea, thanks for the tip.

Bob

[JustKate]

Guess I won't be chucking my felt-tips any more, thanks for sharing that discovery. I'm guessing if you hold the tip of the pen in the dye for several seconds, it will continue to wick up dye and be able to hold quite a bit.

Edit/addendum: Also thought I'd mention, if you don't have any old felt-tipped pens laying around, Turtlefeathers has some empty felt-tipped pens that you can fill with whatever dye you like. I've gotten a couple of them, and they work beautifully.

Edited April 5, 2013 by JustKate

[Jax]

Angelus do empty felt tip pens too