Members 5avan10 Posted June 13, 2013 Members Report Posted June 13, 2013 My latest two pieces. The dragonfly wallet/purse thing is for my wife who doesn't like purses but complains about her old wallet being too small and not having a coin pouch. I'm open to any suggestions for making the cross-loop lacing more seamless where I finished it off. I just watched a Youtube video to learn from, and I couldn't get the ending to look as seamless as I'd like (you can see it in the upper left above the dragonfly). Are there any tricks to doing this step? Quote
Members Jimbob Posted June 14, 2013 Members Report Posted June 14, 2013 cool stuff......love the frog thingy....and the idea of wrapping a bottel or container ur way is neat....very nice carving and coloring.... jimbob Quote http://www.elfwood.com/~alien883 First it is just leather....then it is what-ever I can dream off...
Members 5avan10 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks, Jimbob! Actually the bottle is made from leather and beeswax- there's no bottle inside of it. The beeswax makes it very hard and waterproof! Quote
Members cst Posted June 14, 2013 Members Report Posted June 14, 2013 That flask is cool. I'm gonna have to try one of those. No membrane? Just wax? Quote
Members 5avan10 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 14, 2013 Just wax. I use a method which is basically the same as this tutorial here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3084 You can mix the beeswax with brewer's pitch if you like, but I use straight beeswax. Quote
Members keableleather Posted June 14, 2013 Members Report Posted June 14, 2013 Looks good....both projects that is..... I am sorta wondering how you got that lace fault? I usually follow the same technique and go up to the starting position as you have, then i would go 2 holes passed to make it blend, my tip here is to skive your lace down for a few inches so as not to look bulky or doubled over.... then i apply a cement on the lace where it will exit the final hole, pull it out hard and trim it off clean... it will then disappear in the hole. I also can't see enough details from the image, but it nearly looks like your a hole out or a plait out.... sorry... wish i could see it better.... it's also very important to make a hidden start to your lace if your going to be coming back to join into it.... like a rope splice sorta... that's where i can't make out the actual start and where the intersection is... hope this helps somewhat.... cheers Jace Quote Keable Leather - Australia Website | FaceBook
Members Solofalcon Posted June 16, 2013 Members Report Posted June 16, 2013 I had similar problems when I started lacing. The best thing I can tell you is to loosely lace the beginning three holes to give you slack to finish the job. The lacing directions in the Leatherwork Manual by Al Stohlman are a great reference for lacing. Just keep working with it and it will start looking how you want it. Nice work. Quote
Members 5avan10 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 17, 2013 Thank you, I appreciate the advice! I'll see if I can find that manual in the library, but I think keeping the first few stitches loose might just do the trick. Quote
Members olds cool Posted June 17, 2013 Members Report Posted June 17, 2013 That frog has some really nice detail and the coloring is right on. I waited a few days to click this topic because I didn't think it was my cup of tea. I'm glad I clicked though because otherwise I would have missed some outstanding tooling. Quote
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