Elephants

[compound]

Hi all

Just finished. Size 20"x20" , front animals are embossed for better 3D effect

[raysouth]

Very nice work. Hope to see more of your work.

God Bless.

Ray

[DoubleC]

Really beautiful work of a really beautiful animal. Cheryl

[FlHobbyist]

I really like your work. It is very creative.

[electrathon]

Looks like elephants. Very nice.

[dirkba]

Hi Compound,

I really like the elephant and Africa work you've done.

Could you perhaps give me a few guidelines to follow - I am going to try my hand at the Africa BIG 5 on a rifle bag.

See my line drawing, but I am struggling to find info on how to let it stand out.

Also which tools should I use?

Any suggestions from the guys that know how!!!

[WyomingSlick]

Hi Compound,

I really like the elephant and Africa work you've done.

Could you perhaps give me a few guidelines to follow - I am going to try my hand at the Africa BIG 5 on a rifle bag.

See my line drawing, but I am struggling to find info on how to let it stand out.

Also which tools should I use?

Any suggestions from the guys that know how!!!

I suggest you get a copy of Al Stohlman's book "Figure Carving Finesse". You may as well learn from "The Master" !

Should be easy to find online......they come up once in a while on eBay also.

Have included a few snapshots of pages from the book.

Also, to make them really stand out....you may wish to use the embossing technique for which Al Stohlman wrote a very good book. By doing a search on here, you will find information from other leatherworker.net members on the technique.

Edited April 15, 2014 by WyomingSlick

[Northmount]

Figure Carving Finesse and pattern pack are downloadable as eBooks from Tandy.

Tom

[WyomingSlick]

Figure Carving Finesse and pattern pack are downloadable as eBooks from Tandy.

Tom

I never even thought of that, but now that you brought it up......I can see where eBooks would be a very good alternative for those buyers who are not near a source for them. Save a bit on the cost and zero bucks for postage. Then there is the fact that if a fellow had it it on his laptop/notebook he could study it easily in his free time.

Having never bought any of the electronic stuff from TLF, perhaps someone who has, could give us a review of how good they are and tell us about their ease of use, the resolution and sharpness of pages printed from them, and so forth.

[dirkba]

GREAT STUFF!!!

Thanks guys for the info. I was looking at the book on Tandy website, but could not figure out the contents.

The pages you downloaded - switched on the light for me. As we say: "I just had a light bulb moment!!!"

I'll check with Woodheads in Cape Town - they stock Tandy items or else I'll use the ebooks route

I really appreciate your time and effort.

Cheers