A part of the leather process that is most amazing and always interesting: applying antique.
Voila, before:
Everything is in its natural raw state: all that has been done is tooling, punching and cutting.
In this case I have one biiiig custom order and two belt bags in process.
All of the pieces will be colored using a water/acrylic antique in various shades.
The tendrils on the leaf bag and the flowers and leaf veins on the apple bag have been coated with a 'resist', which on great days actually repels all of the color applied.
On bad days it does whatever it wants: splotches, etc... it is uncontrollable: leather responds in a completely different way to color: even within one piece certain spots will take color like a champ while it cannot seem to permeate in other places.
The belt bags ended up a gorgeous reddish-toffee shade:
While the big koi bag was colored using a double process: one color and then a layer of another around the holes where the inlay will go (little night skies....I am so excited!) and the edges of the bag itself.
Today I will finish to color process, highlighting with white on the apple bag and making the koi come to life on the big bag.
Tomorrow I will stitch and the following day I will rivet the big bag, which is quite a feat, and then the strap will be made for a weekend unveiling!!
What meticulous, time-consuming work! It's fascinating to see it in stages.
ReplyDeleteOooh I love seeing how these beauties are born! What an incredible process!
ReplyDelete...the process is AMAZING...thank you for the vision of creation...
ReplyDeletei can't wait to buy some of your leather... working on buying a house at the moment and saving every penny, but once that's done, i'm coming for you!
ReplyDeleteI love to see the process and work that goes into each creation - this is why I buy handmade. It is evident that each piece is made with love.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing! I would love to try this but between the stones and silver I think I better stay put!
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