Members Happycrow Posted November 11, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 11, 2008 Ugh. Not a fan of embossing, unless I were doing production work. Okay, that's what I was afraid of, Rawhide: I'll go back to using paints, then. Quote
Members Rawhide Posted November 11, 2008 Members Report Posted November 11, 2008 Embossing as with a machine? I see some carving that has a three dimensional look, saddles for instance. That's what I'd like to get with my stamping.SkipJ There are several styles of embossing. Not with a machine though. One method is to stamp the design first, then push the leather from the back to make it stand out and fill it with a mix of leather dust and rubber cement. Google Robb Barr for the extreme end of this type of embossing. The other method is called applique embossing and is much more involved, but yields great results. Google work by Peter Main. This is where you create the same cavity as the other embossing style, but you fill it with another solid piece of leather, cut out the whole thing and sew it to a backing (usually leather as well). Marlon Quote Marlon
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