Members EngraverGuy Posted April 25, 2016 Author Members Report Posted April 25, 2016 On 4/23/2016 at 8:55 AM, BondoBobCustomSaddles said: Engraver Guy, first, welcome to the forum, second, your engraving is ..., well, it transcends words. Your choice of saddlemakers, and toolers to emulate, bespeaks of a great deal of experience in engraving, and a good eye. It should transfer into leather very nicely. Given your level of artistry in metal, I would suggest you try to achieve that same look in leather. By the way, one of our most notable saddlemakers, was also an engraver, Al Stohlman. Truly something to behold. Please post your work as you progress, and don't wait till it is done, pic along the way are of great interest. Enjoy the ride! Bob Thanks Bob. I hope to do well. Quote
Members jrny4wrd Posted April 25, 2016 Members Report Posted April 25, 2016 On April 12, 2016 at 3:14 PM, EngraverGuy said: I need to point out a few things here. First is I have not done much engraving since 1990. I started at age 23. I had the best teachers there in Europe who "held my hand" and guided me. So that was an advantage. Unlike most here, I had a lot of help. Lastly, all 3 of these projects in total (not all parts are shown) took eight months to a year to complete. You can't do that in leather work. So I know the art to a degree, but the leaf work isn't necessarily the same. But I can duplicate it I am sure. In no way do I know anyting about effectively applying the leather working skills. I appreciate your comments, but I have quite a learning-curve ahead of me. Here are some floral samples I think are fantastic. In truth as an engraver, I tried to keep background to about 25-30% of the space. Some styles required a little more, but as a general rule. I think the first two may approach 35+% but still look fantastic. I hope I can achieve this level someday. Im not sure how all the metal engraving works but in complete blindness it seems you may be able to put both engraving knowledge and leather tooling to work by empossing with plugs. In fact, I may be wrong but it seems the one with the horse may be embossed. Quote
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