Laser cut snake print leather?

[JC2019]

I was searching for snake skin on etsy and I found this, stated as laser cut cowhide. Seems pretty interesting, Anyone know how it's made? I am tempted to try it. Is this a common thing? I thought most were done as stamps

[Alisdair]

Interesting. I don't know how it's made, but my intuition says that by slowly rolling leather over a drum, you could get enough of on angle for a scanning laser to make the oblique cuts...

[LatigoAmigo]

15 hours ago, JC2019 said:

stated as laser cut cowhide

That material is cut and layered, like rows of roofing shingles, so there is more to the process than simply cutting the leather with a laser, which results in a flat piece of material.

[JC2019]

58 minutes ago, LatigoAmigo said:

That material is cut and layered, like rows of roofing shingles, so there is more to the process than simply cutting the leather with a laser, which results in a flat piece of material.

So its glued on ?

[LatigoAmigo]

56 minutes ago, JC2019 said:

So its glued on ?

As they say up in Maine, "Hard sayin' not noin." I kinda doubt if it's really leather, as it looks like a manufactured material. Maybe you could order some and see. Or provide the link and we can all take a closer look, as it is hard to tell by just looking at the photo.

[JC2019]

7 hours ago, LatigoAmigo said:

As they say up in Maine, "Hard sayin' not noin." I kinda doubt if it's really leather, as it looks like a manufactured material. Maybe you could order some and see. Or provide the link and we can all take a closer look, as it is hard to tell by just looking at the photo.

I ordered some to see it mostly out of curiosity.

 

It's this: https://www.etsy.com/listing/621509730/italian-leather-12-20-24-inch-cuts-tan?ga_search_query=snake&ref=shop_items_search_1