Contributing Member Crystal Posted November 10, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 10, 2008 Hi All! This is a wedding present for a cousin and was supposed to have been done last week...oops. I am almost done- have to put a finish on it and assemble. Seemed like a good day to try to use the lighting outside, so I snapped a pic quick. The body is dyed Fiebing's chocolate - the inside is an interesting accident of pearlescent light green acrylic and tan gel antique with a dark brown acrylic background. There are a couple of boo boo's and a thing or two I will pay more attention to next time, but overall, I think it looks okay. Hand stitched 12 spi. Comments and critiques welcome! Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
ArtS Posted November 10, 2008 Report Posted November 10, 2008 Beautiful job Crystal!! I really like it a lot. Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Colman Posted November 10, 2008 Report Posted November 10, 2008 Crystal, That is one good looking album cover! I really like the synthetic rivets. Did you mat the background or just stain it? and is plate #58 next on the list? Johnny Quote Endeavor to perceiver.
Hilly Posted November 10, 2008 Report Posted November 10, 2008 Beautiful Job, Crystal! It looked perfect to me! An inspiration for sure, thanks for sharing! How long did it take you to do all that carving and tooling? Hilly Quote
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Contributing Member Crystal Posted November 11, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) Beautiful job Crystal!! I really like it a lot.ArtThank you, Art!CrystalCrystal,That is one good looking album cover! I really like the synthetic rivets.Did you mat the background or just stain it? and is plate #58 next on the list?Johnny I used my new Barry King Backgrounder - love it! lol on plate #58... I was looking at that. What do you think of no. 52??? I used 1/2 pearls and brads I found at a scrapbooking supplier online. Thanks!Crystal Edited November 11, 2008 by Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
Contributing Member Crystal Posted November 11, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted November 11, 2008 Beautiful Job, Crystal! It looked perfect to me! An inspiration for sure, thanks for sharing!How long did it take you to do all that carving and tooling?HillyThanks, Hilly! I started this around the first of October. Been sewing for the last week. One of these days I will track hours - I am very slow and can't get large blocks of time to work.CrystalThanks, Will!Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
Members 8thsinner Posted November 11, 2008 Members Report Posted November 11, 2008 Crystal, your very talented, love this cover. Some of you carvers make braiding look like a reef knot, I hate you all. Quote Doing the right thing is bleeding for the cause. Website Facebook
Contributing Member Crystal Posted November 11, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted November 11, 2008 Crystal, your very talented, love this cover.Some of you carvers make braiding look like a reef knot, I hate you all. Thank you! May I say the feeling is mutual - I can't even decypher braider speak let alone actually make something! Ahh - what is a reef knot? (See what I mean??) Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
Contributing Member UKRay Posted November 11, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 11, 2008 Beautiful work Crystal - if you do another I hear Marmite makes an excellent antiquing compound LOL Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
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