Spirit animal figure carving

[CTaylorJr]

A lady friend of ours asked if I could put her spirit animal on some leather that she got from her grandfather's estate, and also incorporate her name in Elder Futhark to be used as a wall hanging.  When she brought the leather down with her several weeks ago, it acted like it had been rolled up for a LONG time.  Took forever to get a decent case on it, and was a PITA to work.

This is what I came up with though, and she loves the pics.

She said she'll be bringing me some of grandpa's old tools when she visits next month and picks up the bird!

 

[MikeG]

Thanks for showing this.  I've been wanting to do a fish, but really haven't translated it to leather.  This gives me some good ideas.  I like how it turned out.

[CTaylorJr]

2 hours ago, MikeG said:

Thanks for showing this.  I've been wanting to do a fish, but really haven't translated it to leather.  This gives me some good ideas.  I like how it turned out.

For patterns, look up silhouettes, or line art and you should get some ideas.

[Grey Drakkon]

Nice way of working with the leather you had, that will stand out on the wall for sure.