mask making tutorial

[JustWakinUp]

Great mask making tutorial

[Johanna]

(edited for correction and clarity!)

More masks here:

http://members.aol.com/mdtiger11/index.html

Good find, JustWakingUp!

Johanna

[Beaverslayer]

Yes she does do some very beautiful work.

Ken

[Micah]

I hate it when people make things look easy, LOL! Did you notice how easily (and evenly) the dyes and acrylics brushed on?? guess I just need more experience wonder what sealer she was using.

[CitizenKate]

It looked like acrylic to me.

Kate

[Peter Ellis]

chuckle.. the very first thing she does is something I was taught not to do right at the very beginning of my leatherworking studies (I won't say "career" 'cuz I haven't had one :biggrin:

She uses Carbon Paper to transfer her design. Works for her, obviously. And then she's going over it with a ball point pen, and getting ink on her hand in the process. I have that problem when I'm tracing designs, but I really want to avoid it when I'm working with the leather...

Again - she's doing well enough to be appearing on TV and the end results certainly look good. Goes to show there's more than one way to do pretty much anything.

oh, yeah.. I chuckled when I saw her using that v-gouge. Not exactly what it was intended for by the manufacturer, but a use I've been considering myself :biggrin:

[Peter Ellis]

I've been a fan of this artist for a long time. Tiger Torre's website is featured on the Teasers page and the address is:

http://www.merimask.com/

Good find, JustWakingUp!

Johanna

Johanna, I think Merimask is not the same person as Tiger. She certainly didn't look like the same person when I met her in Buffalo last winter....

[CitizenKate]

Well, not having anyone around to show me the "proper" (i.e., widely accepted) method of transferring patterns/artwork onto leather, I never knew you weren't supposed to get ink (or graphite) onto the leather. So I print my designs onto transparencies, then turn them over and press the ink directly onto dry leather.

Sometimes I think it's good not to come up through traditional ranks to develop your art. You never know what fresh and innovative things may present themselves in the process of independent discovery. I love to learn about other disciplines (such as wood carving, engraving, or linoleum printing) to see what in those areas may be applicable to leather.

So go ahead and play with that v-gauge! I may just do the same.

Kate

chuckle.. the very first thing she does is something I was taught not to do right at the very beginning of my leatherworking studies (I won't say "career" 'cuz I haven't had one :biggrin:

She uses Carbon Paper to transfer her design. Works for her, obviously. And then she's going over it with a ball point pen, and getting ink on her hand in the process. I have that problem when I'm tracing designs, but I really want to avoid it when I'm working with the leather...

[Peter Ellis]

Hey Kate... My "teacher" says she loves talking to me about what I'm up to because I keep coming up with new ideas for her to try. There are definitely benefits to not being taught the way to do things and figuring out your own.

I found it amusing that someone working professionally in the craft was using a technique I had been (somewhat forcefully) steered away from. And the ink on the hands thing... one of those pet peeves, I guess. I've ruined my share of shirts, messed up papers, etc. because I got my hand in the wet ink. And I'm not even a lefty....

[Micah]

And I'm not even a lefty....

Hey! I resemble that remark!