Members AlexOstacchini Posted May 29, 2021 Members Report Posted May 29, 2021 Hi all, Here is an order just finished for a gypsy themed tooled belt. The brief for this was scrollwork patterns with some animals incorporated somehow and initials tooled in. The design I went for ended up being a repeating scrollwork section based off a painted vardo wagon exterior, broken up by three framed figures of a horse, goldfinch, and game chicken. Colours were chosen by the client. This is 3.5mm veg tan with a 1-1.5mm liner, which I find makes for a nice sturdy belt without being too chunky for everyday wear. Stitching is by hand and the buckle and keeper are held in place with chicago screws so removeable/interchangeable if needed. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it! Alex Quote www.alexostacchini.co.uk Alex Ostacchini Arty Things www.instagram.com/alexostacchini.artythings
Members Klara Posted May 29, 2021 Members Report Posted May 29, 2021 Wow, that is amazing! Great job! Quote
Members TonyBaloney Posted May 30, 2021 Members Report Posted May 30, 2021 Wow that's impressive!! You've got that bar seeder fine tuned Quote
toxo Posted May 30, 2021 Report Posted May 30, 2021 Not usually a fan of scrollwork but perfect for an application like this and beautifully done but surely you would only do something like this for a friend because I can't see you getting back the time you put in but then again, I'm getting old and £20 is still a lot of money. Well done. Quote
Members maxdaddy Posted May 30, 2021 Members Report Posted May 30, 2021 Thats beautiful! The bird and animal heads are a nice design surprise. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted May 30, 2021 CFM Report Posted May 30, 2021 thats over the top! i like the way you did the buckle end. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members YinTx Posted May 30, 2021 Members Report Posted May 30, 2021 Fantastic work, as always I really dig the color combos you do. YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
Members AlexOstacchini Posted May 30, 2021 Author Members Report Posted May 30, 2021 Thanks all! Glad you like it 13 hours ago, toxo said: surely you would only do something like this for a friend because I can't see you getting back the time you put in but then again, I'm getting old and £20 is still a lot of money. Well done. Cheers! This was not for someone I knew, and while I have made enough belts to have a reasonable idea of how much work is involved for price quotes, I always manage to underestimate how long it takes to design and sketch out tooling patterns. In this case I was not happy with my initial design and decided to start over, so several unchargeable hours from the offset. It is always a tricky balance I find as on the one hand it is easy to set a nice hourly rate, but there are definite established price brackets for this sort of product and at the end of the day I can't charge extra for being slow and getting things wrong. But with experience I will hopefully get better at this! Alex Quote www.alexostacchini.co.uk Alex Ostacchini Arty Things www.instagram.com/alexostacchini.artythings
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