Amazing Artwork in Leather

I know, right?

They said he started off as a kid carving bark on trees with his grandfather's pocket knife. He formally studied art for a while but never lost his passion for carving.

Years ago I bought a TandyCraft Leather-Working Set, with a few small punches, a hammer and scrap pieces of leather. I was supposed to be able to make a wallet, a purse and several belts.


... I ended up with several scraps of semi-decorated leather. :(
 

TWHRider said:
This isn't nearly as elaborate but pretty darn good considering my son was a sophomore in high school when he did this in wood working or some such class. We were a small country school so these types of classes were often combined.

He was a man's man but he sure had a lot of artistic talent that surprised me. He had also painted the 1966 Chevelle his father let him borrow for the senior prom ----after he'd spent the previous weekend at his dad's cleaning that car with a toothbrush, not kidding on the toothbrush - lol A

After Erik's accident, I had the Chevelle painting framed and gave it to his father. I have everything he ever made in art, wood working, metal shop class hanging up somewhere:love_heart:

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Excellent art work by Erik, you must be so proud. It sounds like he was quite a fine young man. :sentimental:
 
I had one of those Tandy kits when I was a kid, too. I can't remember what it was supposed to make, a billfold if I remember right. I remember lacing it afterwards.
Then, in high school, we had the chance to do leather work in Art class, and I made a set of saddlebags and a breast collar for my horse. I tooled in the scrolls and flowers design that came along with it, but I added pictures of my horse, Tami, that I drew into the pattern, and then I colored that part of it, so it was a black outfit, with a pinto horse tooled into the leather.
It took me a long time to make, but I really enjoyed doing it, and I had it for years and years afterwards.
 
That sounds quite impressive, Lady!

I could only dream of making a saddlebag or a collar - I even messed up the little square practice piece I had.

It wasn't until weeks later I discovered you're supposed to tool the leather AFTER it's taken off the animal. :eek::rolleyes:
 
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