#leather tooling

[leatherbutchblues]

I created this banner as a love letter to leatherdykes 🖤⛓️🩸

Handcrafted from a solid piece of leather, metal O-rings and chain, the banner is designed to embody the leather armour worn by these fierce guardians who strengthen and protect our communities.

If you’re interested in seeing more of my work please check out my IG @leatherbutch

[armory-rasa]

WIP pic of my current project -- the walls at our new (much larger) place are extremely bare, so I took one of my favorite pieces by Vitor Gonzales and adapted it for carving in leather. 18" diameter, out of 10-oz veg-tan. The tooling took about nine hours all told; haven't decided yet how I'm going to dye it to best bring out the design.

Not for sale -- this was done entirely for my own enjoyment, though I may find some royalty-free designs to make similar pieces available in my shop.

[harveydont]

In lieu of an art summary, im going to upload the crafting stuff ive started this year as I've gotten more tired with illustration.

This is the christmas present i made for the husband.

[celestial-sphere-press]

tooling time from last night. got a few more things to do. definitely more confident in blind tooling than in using foil with the tools.

[searincosplay]

Here's a few WIP pics from TotK Champion Link that I never shared! I decided to do the leather armor patterns with plastic wrap and masking tape to ensure that it fit properly over all of the layers. The layers threw off the fit of the belts as well, I had to make a new set 😅

Leather is roughly 8oz veg-tan leather that I tooled, wet molded, and dyed. Also there's a pic of my Archaic tunic before I hand dyed it, it looks so wrong 😂

[zhalfirin]

Box with neck for my binding of Winnie-the-Pooh

Materials used:

binders board felt wibalin paper (plain and laser printed) leather (coated/ vegetable tanned) see WIP pictures on my sideblog @zhalfirin-binds

[punchspeedchunk]

Time to play 'Am I being competitive or just insane?'

Because this might just look like a neat Mucha inspired sketch base, but it is actually a design I've made to carve in leather and enter in the Easter Show. THIS year.

This is what I did LAST year:

And the result which I spent every single spare minute on for the three weeks leading up to drop-off for the show

It doesn't photograph well (And the yellow dye has darkened over the last year), but I did get a highly commended ribbon for it, and the ones that beat me out were extremely deserving because they were insannnnnnne.

So I do kinda have to go mental if I wanna place higher. My instructor has recommended I try some sculptural push-out with the unicorn, and like... I can TRY but the leather I have is pretty thick and I don't have any filler putty shit, but paper clay might do the job *shrug*.

ANYWAY this isn't even the only piece I'm putting in and I have to have this shit done by the 25th of March soooo RIP my arthritic ass my hands are gonna be fucking cooked, but hopefully I'll get a placement that wins me actual money and not just clout lol.

This is my other piece btw and my ass does NOT remember how to double-cord-over lace, I have undone the start bit so many times TuT;;;

(It's a planner cover, the insert has an A5 ring binder with diary pages, it came as a plain cover kit and the cover designs were all free-handed by me).

I decided to do another carving/tooling piece for this year on a fucking WHIM by the way, I do not know why, and I am already looking at these lines I have made for myself and am wondering what the fuck my damage is. Too late to back out as well, entries are set and closed and I have paid my $15 fee.

:')

[pidraws]

first ever attempt at leather tooling, made a moth for my wife. I learned a lot! Including that the beveler that came with my stamp set is WAY too big for a piece this size and I really need to buy some new Xacto blades

[zhalfirin-binds]

WIP Winnie-the-pooh box

Part VII hot tooling the box

This was my set up for the hot tooling. Following the idea of the honey pot design I went for a hot tooled inscription. First I moistened the leather lightly again and did the outlines with a small bone folder before working them over with heated brass tools. I use cook plates for heating the tools, a bowl with a wet sponge to cool them again (they should just stop hissing before putting them to the leather) and a cloth to re-moisten the leather as needed (that’s why some of the pictures the leather looks darker and a bit mottled in some areas). I also filled the inside of the box with clean paper and board cut offs in order to have a sturdy surface to apply pressure too.

My first approach was a round tipped tool, which dragged too much on the leather for my taste though, so I switched to the small line tool which worked much better. I still had a part

Once the outlines were done I stamped the letters with different sizes of flat tipped dot tools. The look is a bit patchy, but I do like the slight gloss a lot and I think it fits the content.

I was not sure how to fill the letters or if I wanted to fill them at all. The outlines alone were not well enough to see though. At some point In considered leather onlays. Naturally I did not have a nice honey yellow leather...  only this rather sulfurous yellow, which I did not like.

Another idea was to go for blue instead, but this was not my first choice either.

[sosnastudios]

it’s a tooling day

[brandnewcountrystar]

I've been learning leathercraft so I made my husband a car holder! I'm still pretty new to the whole thing, but I'm pleased with how this turned out

[moonlitcoyote]

Sharing the current work in progress on the things I’m making for me.

Round tooled Panel wrecked my wrist, but there is a specific tool that’s the culprit (basket weave!) and I’ve got a solution for the narrow stamping handles which has made a hell of a difference otherwise. I still have another very different panel that I’m working on.

Smaller scalloped looking piece goes on a pouch/wristlet I’m working on- the other tooled panel is about 75% done.

I’m in a holding pattern until all pieces are complete and then I’ll decide dye/paint/antique and do them all together.

Then it’s assembly. Hahahaha. Hand sewing will be the death of me.

[armory-rasa]

Much easier than expected! I tried it two different ways, once where I carved all the leaf detail with the swivel knife first, and once where I just stamped it -- and seeing as they came out nearly indistinguishable, and one was a lot less work, I'll be going with the latter.

So, trace your leaves with the stylus, and carve the longer lines with your swivel knife:

Take the A99 Craftool stamp (or something similar) and tap lightly with the pointy end into all the crenellations in the leaves:

(You have to angle the stamp very sharply towards you in order to make the gradient fade out, instead of making a clear outline of the whole teardrop shape.)

Use a narrow beveler and finish outlining the points on the leaf:

Give the leaf some depth with a smooth pear shader:

(I'm not great at using the pear shader, but fortunately it's a pretty forgiving stamp.)

Lastly, add some decorative cuts with your swivel knife. (And you do have to do this last, otherwise the pear shader smushes them.)

le voila! spiky leaves.

[shrimpssss]

The best part of working in a leather store is crafting when it’s slow

[johnthestitcher]

Leather armor - so beautifully executed! Bet it's expensive! (And heavy!)

stunning amour from Armor on Pinterest.com

[dapurinthos]

forever annoyed at the lack of non-woven jedi garments. excuse you, fibrecraft is the basis of society. where are they getting their cloth from? are they weaving it themselves? are they spinning it themselves? where is the knitwear. you cannot tell me that there are no sweaters in the jedi order. there are probably hideous sweaters made from fourteen different colours of yarn because they're made from the wool leftover from other projects. all of the colours manage to clash. and embroidery is just too good for teaching patience. hand-sewing in general is good and meditative.

these people are going to be darning their own socks, patching holes in their robes. they are going to have needles and thread in their survival kits and know how to hold the cloth tension just right with the force so they can re-weave the bigger holes by using tiny, straight sticks to hold the warp in place.