Oak Leaves

[Don101]

i did this one manny years a go one day when i was bored and wanted somthing to do way before i knew about lifters and such with little experience on carving as such, the colouring was done with the permanent markers as i did on the wallet thanks Clay for the tutorial as it has shown me how i can improve on this style of carving, when i get some spare time ill have to try it the again the ClayB way and see what happens

[ClayB]

Don,

There is absolutly nothing wrong with that oak leaf!! It's really nice. My wife does not believe you colored it with Sharpie's. If you did that a long time ago with little experience, I can't wait to see how they will look now.

Thanks for sharing the picture.

Clay

[steve mason]

thanks for the tutorial, it is fun to see how many ways you can skin the same cat. some nice examples of carving there.

Here is my interpretation of the oak leaf.

Edited October 5, 2007 by steve mason

[ClayB]

Steve,

Yours is a really different style and I really like it! There is a lot of interesting things going on in your leaf. Any possibility of getting you to do a step by step?????

Thanks for sharing your picture.

Clay

[SCOUTER]

Clay,

Thankyou so very much for a wonderful tutorial! Showing the different backgrounds and naming tools and suppliers really put this over the top! You are awesome to do that for all of us!

[Kani]

All I can say is WOW! Thanks everyone. This helps alot. Now I can practice on other things. This shows me alot of things I didn't know. Thanks.

[Dually]

thanks for the tutorial, it is fun to see how many ways you can skin the same cat. some nice examples of carving there.

Here is my interpretation of the oak leaf.

Man, you guys are all amazing, and I want to say thanks to ClayB for all his pics, but dog-gonit...Steve, how in the world are you and some of the other great carvers on this board getting your petals lifted without leaving tracks going under?!! Specifically on the border side of your leaves where you can't hide tracks with a backgrounder. Whenever I petal lift on a flower for example, I track on and flatten the stem or vine near it. I would appreciate any help in this area. I'm just never happy with my carving. Thanks to all in advance.

[wildland]

Clay

dose that pebble backgrounder have a number? I have been looking through the HideCrafter catalog, but haven't been able to find it.

[ClayB]

Hidecrafter used to have what they called their Pro Crafter tool collection. They were a little better quality tool. The pebble background tools were in this line. The numbers on mine are PA003 (small) PA 004 (medium) and PA 005 (large). They are pretty popular so I would think they would still carry them. You might just have to give them a call.

[kevinhopkins]

Wow!

Very neat carving! Now that i have a little more time on my hands, i bet ill give it a try carving.

I have see that Hide crafter selling small and large petal lifters. Are they worthy of buying? Or should i bought those from grey ghost?

:scratchhead:

Anyway, for now, many thanks ClayB

Actually, Osborne makes a couple that really do a pretty good job. Any osborne distributor will have them, and they actually are quite inexpensive for an osborne tool. I think that's what hidecrafter sells, but I'm not sure. At any rate, if they don't have them, give me a call

Kevin@springfieldleather.com