My husband, Michael and his dad Steve, turned me on to this fun art. Tooling leather! We have had a great time making different leather items for friends and a few for ourselves. Michael and I got married just over a month ago and we gave presents to our groomsmen and bridesmaids that we tooled. I will let Michael put up some pictures on his blog to show you some of those. Below, I will show you what we did a few months before we got serious about this awesome leather cutting/tooling business. We did a few simple things like cutting and tooling some bracelets. Michael also made me a bible cover with my new initials as an engagement present. I've just done a few leather items but Michael is getting very good at this!!! Here are a few of the steps during the process. :)
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| Michael is my sweet leather cutter (which is hard work) |
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| He taught me how to add a nice edge around the bracelets with this tool |
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| Here are a few of the tools that when put together in a pattern can make incredible designs |
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| We have three different dye colors: Black, Dark Brown and Tan |
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| Here's the edge I added to my first bracelet for my sister |
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| There are many different sets of metal letters this is a classic western style font... you can't go wrong with it |
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| This is a "C" for my sister Caitlin |
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| "A" for Abi |
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| Closer view of the tooling |
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| Tan center with Dark Brown Edges |
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| We added some snaps and they are done! |
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| Contact Abi if you'd like a hand tooled leather bracelet with your initial: Abilea20@aol.com |
