New to leather work, my first practice piece :)

[edwardmorris]

Made some belts as well! Added a backing to all of these by the way, then ended up just making the layers blend with a burnishing wheel followed by a slicker both mounted on a drill press. Probably the worst thing to do to leather but hey, I like the end result

Of course, Made in USA stamps for some pride :D

[Northmount]

@edwardmorris Great start on resizing your photos. And good photo techniques too.  If you reduce the file size to 1024x768 pixels, you can post towards a 100 or more photos in one post.

[edwardmorris]

Thanks! Resized ones don't seem to have lost much detail, here is my first attempt using a (relatively) light/8oz tandy leather.

Satisfactory with room for improvement, perhaps time to look into thicker leather and longer studded snaps etc.

[edwardmorris]

One bad tap of the hammer very visible

[edwardmorris]

I need to figure out a better angle to get the whole length into the frame properly

[Klara]

Did you really go from no experience at all to this in 4 months? WOW! Congratulations! I am deeply impressed! (Btw, I don't see the bad tap of the hammer )

[PastorBob]

Wow.  Impressive.  I don't see the bad mark either.  No one else will either.

[edwardmorris]

15 hours ago, Klara said:

Did you really go from no experience at all to this in 4 months? WOW! Congratulations! I am deeply impressed! (Btw, I don't see the bad tap of the hammer )

 

11 hours ago, PastorBob said:

Wow.  Impressive.  I don't see the bad mark either.  No one else will either.

Thank you both  Here are the others I've done as well. These things largely needed beveling and beading to be done right but what I learnt is that I will need to work with a heavier leather (and more practice) if I'm to go after perfect results.

[edwardmorris]

Not sure if we're allowed to say this anymore but I replaced all stones with genuine Swarovski crystals

Couple variations of the same belt as it changed over the years.

[edwardmorris]