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Hi All,

I don't post often but after I came across this amazing leather carving I want very much to try to accomplish the wood grain look that was used. I have no clue what tools are needed I have combed YouTube and google but have yet to find what I need. Does anyone know what I would need???

Thanks

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fd/ab/30/fdab3054d89c3e21b6dc60acc05470b3.jpg

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A piece of old hardwood or barn board. This is just stamped with something like that. Too many actual real detail in there to be made with a leather stamp. Where the board is "broken" it was cut and stamped. The rest of the texture was probably modeled after "stamping".

I believe we had this in another thread before. The softer portions of the wood can be removed with a "brush". You'll need a machine for this. It will bring out the wood texture a lot more and you'll have a negative for this. You can tell on the picture that this is what was used here as the indention is where one would expect a rise. He then touched it up here and there and that's the whole trick.

I'm quite certain you'll find an old barn board at your location some place.

Good luck with it.

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Looks like hardwork ( by a good artist) with swivel knife, modeling spoon, and a few bevelers to me. that eyeball and the wood grain look great.

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I don't think this is stamped...A good artist with an eye for details will be able to make this with:

a swivel knife,

bevellers in various sizes and

some good modeling tools ...

Plus som background tools too ;-)

Edited by Tina

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He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman.

He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist"

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well given from all your comments sounds like I have all I need to tackle this you gave me a few ideas to get started so many thanks all :D

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Tandy makes a craft aid for the wood texture look uf you want

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I don't think this is stamped...A good artist with an eye for details will be able to make this with:

a swivel knife,

bevellers in various sizes and

some good modeling tools ...

Plus som background tools too ;-)

Exactly. I think a pointed background tool, modeling spoon, and a knife be about it. I think it was Kat Kuszak did a very nice explanation of this in an old Tandy "doodle page". [ Kat, if I got yours and somebody else's mixed up, don't take it personal -- still love your stuff! ]

Very nice looking barnwood thing done in "layers" of stages... very easy to follow. What was that ... like 1980-something? They'll be some ass on you-tube shortly claiming he / she "invented" it, but truth is it's been done forever (and Kat did it well as anyone). I'll see kin I finda copy ....

YEP.. still available. My mistake, looks like it was '87. She goes step by step, for anybody interested. Very well stated and illustrated. No video required :)

Download it at https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-998-tooling-barnwood-by-kat-kuszak-series-9d-page-8.aspx?

Edited by JLSleather

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IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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I don't know if I searched for the wrong tags but I couldn't find anything pertinent on YouTube if you could help me with a link I would be very great full :)

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I don't know if I searched for the wrong tags but I couldn't find anything pertinent on YouTube if you could help me with a link I would be very great full :)

https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-998-tooling-barnwood-by-kat-kuszak-series-9d-page-8.aspx?

Complete 'stages' illustration. Save an hour of your life wading through a bunch of u-tube ROT by somebody with a small-man complex (they'll call it "marketing", but it's the same thing). Get something actually USEFUL :)

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IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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Thanks I appreciate the link and very cool blog :)

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