You may remember I wrote a post a while back in which I discussed the dilemma of finishing old projects (or not). One project of mine that has been lying around for an entire year is a double shoulder of leather I had cut and started to carve to cover a wooden case.
I had gotten discouraged because progress was so slow, so I kept putting it off in favor of working on smaller and easier projects. Finally I realized that it would never get done that way, so I decided to just work on it for an hour or two every day until it was done--as opposed to trying to work on it for four hours a day and becoming completely exhausted.
So that's been my main project this January. I'm happy to say that I finished the carving within a couple of weeks and I'm close to being done with the dying (coloring) of the design.
I wanted to make a timelapse of the entire dying process, but I wasn't vigilant about making sure the camera was turned on every day, so I just have the process of the first two colors, red and brown. Probably a good thing, because it's 2.5 minutes even at 5000%!
I hope you enjoy the video as much as I've enjoyed putting on the colors! By the way, the design is by the great Art Nouveau illustrator, Alphonse Mucha. I'm not following the original colors exactly, but it should look something like this when it's done:
(Fun fact: in the video I'm also wearing the sweater project I was talking about finishing in the Should I Finish It? post. I did!) ;)
Wow that must have taken ages to tool! Looks great though, it's funny how floral work (sheridan tooling) and natural images always look great tooled into leather. I'm a flat dye and stain person myself, I don't think I have the patience to paint individual pieces on leather.
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Hey, nice to meet another leather worker on Steemit! It did take a really long time, but I feel like I learned a lot and I'm happy with the result, so that's a good feeling. :)
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Hiya! Yeah I've done some sheridan tooling (or tried anyway) on wallets and even though the carving can be quite quick, the actually tooling using the bargrounder takes forever, so enjoyable though and the results are worth it. Wish there was more demand for that kind of leather work here in the UK.
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Yeah, I haven't tried selling my leatherwork before, but I want to sell this piece when it's done. Will be interesting to see if there's a demand for something like this...
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