Hello From The Old World And Canada

[Thor]

There's not much to say to those pictures. They are self-explanatory. I stripped the box and cleaned it up a bit. Will have to clean it a bit more and then start adding some reinforcement to this cheap box.

[DoubleC]

Thor that is such a cool project and I'm sure your daughter will love it. Cheryl

[Thor]

Well I thought I should post an update on my sax case. After a while I finally found the time to work on that case again plus I wasn't so happy with my initial design and well the leather. Still need to get some leather and an awful long zipper to go around it or I might have to think of something else.

It'll take some time, but I'll be getting there. Right now it's just ugly, but I'm quite sure in the end it'll turn out just fine. On the one picture you can see of which picture the design is from. We'll see if she'll look somewhat close to that in the end. It sure is fun to carve and tool something different than the traditional stuff and gives my tooling a whole new learning curve.

[leatherwytch]

I am sure it will turn out very well, you are well on your way.

[MonicaJacobson]

Thor, I just ran across this and saw what you're planning with the sax case. I'm very interested to see how it turns out, as I've thought a couple of times about doing the same thing with a mandolin case. At the time, I thought I'd muff it and ruin the leather, but I'm very interested to see how you manage all the details on yours.

[Thor]

I kinda feel the same, but when it happens it happens and I'll have to do it again. It's only about 25" tall. The eye is giving me headaches and I guess she'll have to wear a bit of makeup in the end. But the body is coming along okay. That's another thing I'll be learning with this project. Haven't done any coloring on leather yet. Just dyeing. I'm not so sure about the background yet as I don't want to use a lot of standards. I'm thinking of some chiprock look. Might have to make a stamp myself for this. Will keep you posted on the process. Definitely has a huge impact on my learning curve. Requires a lot more moisture than standard tooling.

[rjmccants]

Since I'm a musician and educator, I'll be watching this with great interest! Love Alicia Keys! Looking great so far!!!!

[Thor]

Just a quick update on this project. You're seeing today's work and the tools I'm using for modelling thus far. It'd sure help to have some real modelling tools. Might have to stop into one of the crafting places or a knitting store to get something for the detail work.

[Rossr]

Thor,

Looks really good so far!!

Ross

[Thor]

Just another quick update. The eye is still giving me a hell of a time, but I think she's coming along okay. My wife thinks she's looking like an old woman, so I might have to do some plastic surgery.

Thus far I just stamped the background down a bit to have some room for modelling and to get a better view on things. Don't think I'll leave the background as is, but for now I guess it's time to get some scrap pieces and test the colors to see what I can do with those.

I really like that project as the learning curve is totally different on this and it's not just ordinary stamping.