How to make a coaster with a design on it

[ivan7342]

Hello guys, my name is Ivan, i`m new to the site and to work with leather, so i guess at the beginning i will ask a lot of questions...

So far i been doing a few simple coasters and bookmarks for me and friends.

Now i want to take it one step further and i would like to start adding designs to them, for example, something like this:

 

Which options do i have? i think one option would be do a stamp with a 3D printer, but i don`t think it would be practical to do a new stamp for each thing i want to do or change

Any ideas or links to tutorials to see where to start from will be welcomed

 

Thanks.

Cheers!

[SouthernCross]

I think a design like that is going to require a laser.  Search youtube for info on laser on leather. 

[Stetson912]

A laser would work well. However, if you find a wood burning tool or soldering iron with a fine tip, you could burn that into the leather with it. It's called pyrography, usually done on wood but I've seen stunning examples on leather too.

[Northmount]

This design is rather large for a coaster.  Shrinking it would make some of the detail very fine, which of course would increase the level of difficulty substantially.  I would suggest a less complicated design for a coaster.  You might look on the web for line drawings, coloring books, and such.

Tom

[ivan7342]

Thanks for the answers guys!

The laser way looks really good, but as far as i can see, the machines are pretty expensive, starting from a couple thousands euros and up from there, out of my budget at this moment, but i will keep it in mind for the future.

I already have the tool for pyrography, but i haven`t used it yet, so i will start looking some tutorials on it, and yeah, i will start with a los less complicated designs, maybe i could do just the tree and the starts.

I will post some pictures of my results laters.

 

Thanks again.

Cheers!

[Rahere]

A laser just cost me £120/$160. It's not for cutting, just marking.

[Handstitched]

32 minutes ago, coxdenis32 said:

How to find patterns on leather products?

The answer is right in front of you....>>>   

HS

[Rahere]

4 hours ago, coxdenis32 said:

Thanks, but I'm looking for cheaper options. I recently found a cool custom design with MasterBundles. You can get a big discount if you have time to place your order. I have punished several packs for colorless garments and colored versions of winter patterns.

If you have a community workshop like a hackerspace around, that might work