First we have the bracer pattern:
Complete with rune, World Tree (which will be interlaced when I’m done on the actual leather), and set with two wolves… this bracers will be using a 4 buckle closure and a series of round spots set towards the top.
This is a gorget:
This is a pattern (for the front [...]
…so I made “him”** one:
Latigo being oiled and waxed works on a different ruleset and toolset than veg-tanned leather.
Burnished and stamped front piece, inlcuding BIG star concho…
…double buckstitching on the sides and BIG bling on the top and bottom. It makes a nice back-up weapon in a pinch
**there is no Sheriff. This is [...]
…why thank you.
The weatherman has announced the “official” welcoming of Tornado season.
I’ll stay inside today TYVM.
That’s latigo btw for those that don’t know. It’s a very resilient, super tough oiled and waxed leather. Strips of latigo are used on western saddles to hold the girth in place(the part that holds the saddle on the horse—that [...]
YA author is going the distance.
You can read about Carrie’s candidacy for Maine State Legislature here .
…and more about Carrie’s books here.
Or just stop by her LJ (up there).
***I have an outstanding claim to running Carrie’s coffee mess if she is ever elected as World President.
Added the sheen sealant and filigree corners.
Done:
And done:
***currently fitted with a 410 pg trade paperback FYI.
Fun project… time to make some patterns.
Modified gorget piece coming this week…
Pausing to eat. ZOMG thank you Chinese place for speedy delivery. I was going to go start eating my leather projects…
Yesterday’s pause point:
…and today:
You don’t have to have book cover envy… that’s NOT a commissioned piece *wink*wink*… I have the sheen sealant and some nifty hardware to add on after lunch — mmmm lunch
Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country’s murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film “The Killing Fields,” died Sunday, his former colleague said.
“I’m a one-person crusade. I must speak for those who did not survive and for those who still [...]
There was someone recently who was feeling a little blue about getting rejection letters from agents regarding a manuscript.
So I shared with them this little piece of info… here’s the first thing I ever carved:
It is by every definition of the word, HORRID.
But it was a first. And you can’t expect to be Al or [...]
I’m going to attack this bit by bit. I’m going to try to control my temper. No promises. You are more than welcome to link to. At a minimum please pass the video along.
But first a video presentation of an anti-gay speech given by Rep(R) Sally Kerns – Oklahoma:
Still with me?
Now, it’s time to rip [...]
This is a pony named Jynx (okay she a 15.1hd TWH) that was bought in October, 2007. This pony needed groceries:
This is a pony on groceries…who knows who her “people” are”
This is her gelding buddy Max, also bought in October, 2007. This pony needed groceries too:
Feed them, love them, groom them, give them a job [...]