Box with carved cat

[pepin1948]

Here is the first cat I've ever seriously attempted. I'm pleased with the outcome overall. My question is, seeing how the box is stained, what color should I make the leather and the cat? I'm thinking a light brown, like saddle tan, with the cat down in a resist; or burgundy with a black cat, or grey cat...just can't make up my mind! So the choice is in your hands! LOL!

[joet]

Resist the cat and go with the tan background. But that is what I would do.

[pepin1948]

Here it is, using the new Tandy product Block Out for a resist, then saddle tan antique (liquid). It needs a little touch up here and there, but I'm pleased. It's my first carved cat, so practice will surely improve the next few ^_^

[joet]

Looking good. I have never tried the Tandy Blockout; so it looks like something for me to check out. Sometimes old habits are hard to change.

[pepin1948]

I have to laugh at the "Sometimes old habits are hard to change." I heard this same thing from Dennis Yoder when I bumped into him in town today (He is the one other leatherworker in Hamburg). The only reason I tried this product was that Jim Linnell (spelling?) used it at a workshop he gave in the Tandy, Baltimore (MD) store. Seeing it in use "sold" me on it. It works much better than Super Shene type products.