WIP. Wallet with Floral design (but not Sheridan)

[Scoutmom103]

Very nice roses.  They look very lifelike.

[Willb2862]

That is amazing! Very inspiring for a newbie to see where, with practice and patience, you can go with this craft! Thank you for the inspiration!

[JLSleather]

On 9/15/2018 at 10:05 AM, ABHandmade said:

too high a bas-relief for a wallet - rather a minus, because. increases the thickness of the product.

Good picture!  I'm with ya -- embossing doesn't go EVERYwhere.. some products should stay slim.  But this pic SHOULD BE a good illustration of the effect of tooling in the leather, what with the consistent burnish of the design in the BACK SIDE of the tooling leather, showing the use of moisture content.

That's the English (ish) version.  Translated to Russian below:

 

[Sheilajeanne]

[siiigh!] You are SO talented!!

You are making us all jealous!  

[ABHandmade]

1 hour ago, Sheilajeanne said:

[siiigh!] You are SO talented!!

You are making us all jealous!  

Thank you, Sheila 

Believe me, I do not have such a goal

2 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said:

Very nice roses.  They look very lifelike.

Thank you! I am always very pleased to read YOUR comments on my works.

2 hours ago, Willb2862 said:

That is amazing! Very inspiring for a newbie to see where, with practice and patience, you can go with this craft! Thank you for the inspiration!

Thank you, @Willb2862! I believe that in the near future the same will sound in the commentary on your works.

2 hours ago, JLSleather said:

Good picture!  I'm with ya -- embossing doesn't go EVERYwhere.. some products should stay slim.  But this pic SHOULD BE a good illustration of the effect of tooling in the leather, what with the consistent burnish of the design in the BACK SIDE of the tooling leather, showing the use of moisture content.

That's the English (ish) version.  Translated to Russian below:

Thank you, Sir! 

[battlemunky]

You did a beautiful thing with the coloring too AB. Your carving work is great but the coloring on/inside the bud is incredible and the greens on both types of leaves is killer.

[ABHandmade]

8 minutes ago, battlemunky said:

You did a beautiful thing with the coloring too AB. Your carving work is great but the coloring on/inside the bud is incredible and the greens on both types of leaves is killer.

Thank you for compliment, @battlemunky!

I am also most pleased with how the leaves turned out.

I have long hesitated with the choice for this work - acrylic paint or alcohol dye. In the end, I decided to dwell on the dye, as it gave a half-transparent and slightly muffled picture. It seemed to me that overly bright and rich colors would make the wallet too flashy and gaudy.

[Bawarrior]

You rock dude, very nice work, love to see more stuff that you do

[JLSleather]

4 hours ago, ABHandmade said:

decided to dwell on the dye, as it gave a half-transparent and slightly muffled picture

I like your use of color.  Natural tones, understated, not GAUDY like some "painted" leather you might find.  And your use of multiple shades gives it a natural feel.  Did I already say I like it ?

[BlakesBlades]

Very, very nice!