TomSwede Posted December 25, 2008 Report Posted December 25, 2008 Hey you all!! I realize I'm not holding up pace as I usually do with both leatherwork aswell as posting stuff to the board. My excuses for that. I have my reasons so let's just hope I can clean up my act and pick up pace with the new year. Things look good but my situation in life is complex at the moment so I am a bit on and off and the off moments is when I have time for leatherwork. Well, anyways..this is a wallet I got comissioned to do for someones wife as X-mas present. It is a simple bifold type with a few pockets and zippered coin pocket. Couldn't find a good looking zipper so went with a long lasting one instead. All stitching is by hand. Liner came off, can't find a good glue for this and contact cement just seem to bleed through making bad looking liner so had to go without that. Colouring technique is same as I made a tut for on the Laila purse back in June. Butterflies are tooled at the contours and I just used the stylus to outline the wing patterns to create a texture and colours were brushed on with diluted cova colour white and the orange is the yellow/red Fiebings pro oil dye mixture wich I also have a post on how to create. Leathersheen finish on butterflies and Fiebings leatherbalm for the rest as topfinish. Not happy with corners and the connecting splice for the braid and really, I do not now exactly how to do this properly so it is a bit of trial and error for that part. Braid is the simpler style of mexican basketweave/roundbraid. Inserts is goat and the creditcard insert was made by having durable fabric pieces stitched in betwen two layers of goat wich the cards reside in. Kinda like pockets. This was because too many layers of goat would disturb the thickness of the edgebraid to much. Any critics welcome as usual!! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
vera Posted December 25, 2008 Report Posted December 25, 2008 It was pleasant very much! Accept pupils? Quote ______________________ art-goldberg
TomSwede Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Posted December 25, 2008 It was pleasant very much! Accept pupils? Thank you Vera!!! Maybe I should learn the corners and braid splice before teaching, lol ;-) but I'd be glad to help out in any wich way I can. Just send me a PM! Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
vera Posted December 25, 2008 Report Posted December 25, 2008 I liked colour of a background Quote ______________________ art-goldberg
MADMAX22 Posted December 25, 2008 Report Posted December 25, 2008 Good one Swede, I like it. It was pleasant very much! Accept pupils?LOL Vera I think you need to be a master after looking at some of your art work. Quote
TomSwede Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Posted December 25, 2008 Good one Swede, I like it.LOL Vera I think you need to be a master after looking at some of your art work. Thank you Madmax!! I agree about Veras craftmanship after a quick review of her stuff! Some very nice work you do Vera!! The background colours are done with the now discontinued Tandys mahogany antique stain with very rich application wich is applied on top of a prevously applied red Fiebings red pro oil dye. I let the stain dry completely and and take a damp cloth, smear it around and just play with it until I'm satisfied. Stain is applied with sponge to get nice streaking. Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
vera Posted December 25, 2008 Report Posted December 25, 2008 Thanks for a lesson. Quote ______________________ art-goldberg
Members JustWakinUp Posted December 25, 2008 Members Report Posted December 25, 2008 I found it Tom ! That thing looks killer man, the stain is perfect! Quote
Members Tina Posted December 25, 2008 Members Report Posted December 25, 2008 Soon I can pick your stuff out in a crowd:-) Love your rustic style bro, it's unique Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. 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" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
TomSwede Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Posted December 25, 2008 Thank you Mark!!! I'm glad you liked it, I was kinda worried that I wouldn't make it on time but once the stitching starts it comes together faster than I thought. Thinking ahead is the key to a wallet for sure, not like a bracer where the only concern is what type of motif I'm gonna use and how that will interact with backgrounding and bordering. I get alot of interest in this stain from people that are interested in my work. I just hope I can use the tehnique just aswell with the eco-flo stains. Tom Quote Confucius - Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. --------------------------------------------- www.1eye1.se blogg.1eye1.se
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