Members rayne100 Posted July 27, 2006 Members Report Posted July 27, 2006 Anyone know where I can find a good instructional video or book with lots of pictures regarding leather carving? Quote Jessica NERO Emporium NY Renn Faire (Tuxedo,NY) http://nerohq.com/emporium/
Members Tom Katzke Posted July 27, 2006 Members Report Posted July 27, 2006 Hide Crafter in Denver or Fort Worth. They have a web site at www.hidecrafter.com . One thing to consider is to take the Home Study Course. It gives a great basic grounding on leather work. The course is offered different ways from complete with tools and supplies to just the course. I am not sure if it is mentioned on the site. You may need to call or email and ask about it. I recommend it from my wife's personal experience. Saves time and $ over just reading and watching videos because you send in your work. Your work is returned with comments and suggestions. Tom Katzke Central Oregon Quote
Members rayne100 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Members Report Posted July 28, 2006 Hide Crafter in Denver or Fort Worth.They have a web site at www.hidecrafter.com . One thing to consider is to take the Home Study Course. It gives a great basic grounding on leather work. The course is offered different ways from complete with tools and supplies to just the course. I am not sure if it is mentioned on the site. You may need to call or email and ask about it. I recommend it from my wife's personal experience. Saves time and $ over just reading and watching videos because you send in your work. Your work is returned with comments and suggestions. Tom Katzke Central Oregon Thanks Tom, I will check it out and let you know how it goes Quote Jessica NERO Emporium NY Renn Faire (Tuxedo,NY) http://nerohq.com/emporium/
Members joet Posted July 28, 2006 Members Report Posted July 28, 2006 You might also try the home study course put out by Paul Burnett. You can look at his lessons at his website located at http://stores.ebay.com/Painting-Cow and as you will see there are three different lessons to buy. This is not a bidding site. Just purchase the item and the service is really fast. I bought the first lesson and found out that I have been doing a lot of things wrong. Now I have to break 30 years of bad habits to improve my work. Quote
pepin1948 Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 I also recommend HideCrafters. George Hurst puts out a wonderful series for beginners. We have them as I'm a 4H volunteer - he sent them to our club FREE! He is an amazing person! Quote
Moderator Johanna Posted July 30, 2006 Moderator Report Posted July 30, 2006 Try to come to the IFoLG show in Pittsburgh in October if you can. You will see outstanding work, meet amazing people and have an opportunity to browse through the wares of lots of vendors, including George Hurst, president of Hidecrafters. The Saturday all night carving tradition is a fun way to see different people "doing their thing", too. You just have to pick and choose what works for you from, oh, dozens of "masters". Hope to see you there! Johanna (and welcome to leatherworker.net!) Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
Members Grace Posted June 16, 2007 Members Report Posted June 16, 2007 Jessica ? your post says you are in NY. since you are stateside consider Tandy. Try searching Tandy Leather or American Handicrafts. I am not sure of their new name. Yes, I know these are the people who make the little kid projects but they used to have some very good books on floral and figure carving. The holster set I saw on another post here used to be available as a kit from them. The same belt was featured in a floral carving book. These books lay the work out in steps so that one tool is not "stepping on" another tool. It has been too long, i do not recall the order. For figure carving the books covered a good many projects and the aim was to achieve a carver who could take a photo and make leather art. Many excellent carvers were trained with these books. They are not bound books but rather more like "How to draw" books. If they no longer sell these books you might check ebay or Amazon. I have quite a few but do not have access to them for a few months as I am working out of country. Just a thought Grace Quote
Members MatthewD Posted June 17, 2007 Members Report Posted June 17, 2007 Hey I was just looking around and found this video.. http://www.westernfolklife.org/site/batr/a...le_Maker.HI.wmv It has some carving in it and also some beveling shown... Quote
Ambassador Don101 Posted June 17, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted June 17, 2007 very good find and very interesting... how he made it look so easy and boy he works fast Quote
Members MatthewD Posted June 17, 2007 Members Report Posted June 17, 2007 I was thinking the same thing Don. But I rewatched it a couple time to actually see him working and I figured out that I really need to sharpen my swivel knife some more :D Quote
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