Members chrisash Posted June 16, 2018 Members Report Posted June 16, 2018 Doing a google search on Acanthus Lilly does not show any likeness, so must be either Heraldic or just highly stylised Quote Mi omputer is ot ood at speeling , it's not me
Members billybopp Posted June 16, 2018 Members Report Posted June 16, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 11:07 AM, chrisash said: where does Sheridan style come from originally, it seems a strange plant I suspect that floral carving has been around for about as long as people have been decorating leather. A quick search online will find some examples of floral pattern leather covered chests and trunks that are several hundred years old. The Sheridan style, though, is relatively new as I understand it. The style is characterized by circular swirling patterns that flow one into another, and originated around mid 20th century in the area of Sheridan, Wyoming. Acanthus leaves have been used as an artistic motif for millennia, and by this point are very stylized. In architecture, if you look at the top of Corinthian columns you'll see stylized Acanthus .. And they show up in a lot of other ancient artwork. No doubt they showed up in ancient leatherwork too. - Bill Quote
Rockoboy Posted June 17, 2018 Report Posted June 17, 2018 20 hours ago, chrisash said: Doing a google search on Acanthus Lilly does not show any likeness, so must be either Heraldic or just highly stylised When I did a search for Acanthus Lilly, I had hundreds, if not thousands of images come up, but some were quite different to the Sheridan style carving, so I am guessing the images might have been some Acanthus pics and some lilly pics. Some of the Acanthus pics were slightly similar to Sheridan cared pics ... if you squint ... and the pic is small. So, @chrisash I am guessing your assessment of highly stylised is probably correct. Quote Kindest regards Brian "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are right" Henry Ford Machines: Singer 201p, Kennedy, Singer 31K20, Singer 66K16 ("boat anchor" condition), Protex TY8B Cylinder Arm (Consew 227r copy), Unbranded Walking Foot (Sailrite LSV-1 copy)
Members Ragingstallion Posted June 19, 2018 Author Members Report Posted June 19, 2018 Just an update on this project, still a ways off, next step on this piece is tan antique finish. Picture is still crappy though Quote
Members Ragingstallion Posted June 20, 2018 Author Members Report Posted June 20, 2018 And the backing is finished, now to start working on the other pieces of this gift. Quote
Members toe2short Posted July 25, 2018 Members Report Posted July 25, 2018 Great work. I know how you feel. I just started taking Enbrel for my Arthritis. I don’t want to start on any tooling project.You do good work. jim Quote
Members Ragingstallion Posted July 25, 2018 Author Members Report Posted July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, toe2short said: Great work. I know how you feel. I just started taking Enbrel for my Arthritis. I don’t want to start on any tooling project.You do good work. jim thank you. and yes, having these problems is a pain in the ass, however, even doing it a little at a time, you can still enjoy it and get the job done. Quote
Members Prusty Posted July 25, 2018 Members Report Posted July 25, 2018 That’s damn good looking, can’t imagine the patience it took to get through it! Very lovely. On 16/06/2018 at 2:29 PM, billybopp said: I suspect that floral carving has been around for about as long as people have been decorating leather. A quick search online will find some examples of floral pattern leather covered chests and trunks that are several hundred years old. The Sheridan style, though, is relatively new as I understand it. The style is characterized by circular swirling patterns that flow one into another, and originated around mid 20th century in the area of Sheridan, Wyoming. Acanthus leaves have been used as an artistic motif for millennia, and by this point are very stylized. In architecture, if you look at the top of Corinthian columns you'll see stylized Acanthus .. And they show up in a lot of other ancient artwork. No doubt they showed up in ancient leatherwork too. - Bill I actually did a bunch of research into this, at least for the 10th-15th centuries floral patterns, like acanthus scrolls, crop up all over the place, along with a lot of basic geometric patterns and a lot of animals. All much more basic though, and not ‘carved’ as such as there’s no cutting for the most part, just impression with blunt tools. Quote
Members ComputerDoctor Posted July 26, 2018 Members Report Posted July 26, 2018 It took me 4 hours to design and tool a name once. Looking back it seems impossible but it was so. In between my larger products I will spy a piece of nice looking scrap laying around and just decide to fool around with maybe a floral design and some tooling, burnishing and several coats of dyes after buffing to achieve an Antique look and DAYS later that quick little fun LABOR INTENSIVE, off the wall project of 6 by 6 inches, ends up sitting under a dripping coffee cup! Oh the humanity:) I like your work there RagingStallion:) Sam Quote
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