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SparklersOasis — Rose Mask - Finished
Published: 2010-04-15 19:16:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2053; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 0
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'Tis finished! I did a light color wash with some green and red leather dye and finished with a 'desert rose' antiquing finish. The color is a bit more obvious in real life, but I was having trouble getting good pictures, the picture on the far right is the best representation of the colors. I know there are TONS of flaws, rough edges, too light of color, etc, etc. But this is my first leather tooling/molding/dying project so I'm ridiculously proud of it, I hope you enjoy!The design is an original I transferred to the leather and hand tooled. The leather is 7-8 oz veg tan leather.
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Thank you! Good luck! There's a few groups on here that have been really helpful to me, being one. I'm saving up to buy a double shoulder or side of leather so I can do some holsters. I have a mare's leg like Zoey from firefly, and I want to try to make a leg holster for giggles
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Thanks for the suggestion! Out of curiosity, what size leathers do you normally work with? I've seen smaller pieces of veg-tanned sold and I'm just not sure what to get. (Also, my tools arrived yesterday!)
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Do you mean size as in thickness or size of leather piece? I like to use 6oz as far as thickness. It's pretty sturdy and you can get good depth but still have a nice flexibility. I usually am cheap and buy bellies. Bellies are good for small projects you can work around any imperfections. I'm wanting to buy a side or a double shoulder because I want to do a belt with a built in holster so I need a bigger piece to start with! Yay for tools! Out of curiosity, what all did you get?
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I got a lot of the basic stuff. Awls and groovers and such.
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Awesome, can't wait to see some projects!
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That is so awesome! I'd love to dabble in leatherworking one of these days.
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Thank you so much! Well if you get around to it feel free to shoot me any questions, I've kind of taught myself and know how difficult it can be
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between your love for teh ponies and your epic leather works, I think I'mma watch you that way if I am ever in a position to try out leatherworking I'll know where to find ya!
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I enjoy the color wash look of it! 'n the overall design is gorgeous.. As for photographing it, might try taking it outside in some shade.. natural light will probably show it off the best 
As for rough edges, there are a few things you can do.. I've heard of people using a Dremel tool around the edges to smooth them up, 'n then sand paper for the tight spots, I've personally not done this yet, but I'm sure as I play around with my misc leather projects I'll eventually need to, lol. What I personally do is use the Gum Tragacanth ( [link] ) and the edge slicker ( [link] ) 'n possibly get a pretty flat bone creaser ( [link] ) for the tight areas (Something smooth edged to get in the tight spots with, I actually use a smooth spot on my cheap plastic ruler, lol)
I'm sure for the absolute best results, if you've got a very rough cut is to use sand paper/dremel tool then follow it up with the tragacanth, which gives a very smooth finish.. You apply the tragacanth before you stain the leather, 'n it shouldn't affect the stain any when you dye it.. It hasn't yet affected anything I've used it on, 'n I've done several belts with different shades of stain..
Hopefully something there helps!
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Thank you SO much for all the feedback and information, it's very helpful. I've been meaning to invest in a dremel for various reasons, and this is just one more!
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Now that is very impressive, I love the colors you used on it!
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Thank you so much!
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Tons of flaws... Another case of the artist seeing too many flaws in the work where any other onlooker will see any marvels.
Too light a color can only be realised by you, anybody else will think it's part of the design.
It's great work. I would be very proud to come up with such good stamping work.
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Thank you. I'm not too much into carving as I think that it is the difficult part.
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Beautiful design! I love the accent of a rosebud under the right eye. The understated colors also make this very elegant. If you haven't joined up, you should totally submit this to #LeatherMaskArt . We'd welcome another leather mask maker to the fold! Might be a good place for you to pick people's brains as well
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Make sure you're joining as a Contributor and not a Co-Founder or Member, in fact, let me just send you an invite XD That'll make things easier!
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oh wow, thank you so much!!!
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amazingly well done. Love all the detail and the bug next to the eye. The soft colors look really nice.
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Thank you so much! I was so happy how this turned out, especially since it was my first attempt at a mask
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WOW. It looks like you actually carved it from wood, but (after reading the description) this is gorgous leatherwork. <3 The roses are lovely and well-detailed. The color must be stunning in real life, as it shows up pretty well in the photographs as well.
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This is quite something, it looks awesome! Congrats!
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thank you so much, I'm glad you like it!
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Ooh these are fantastic. It's great to see artisan works once in awhile, not too many on dA compared to Photographers and digital art workers.
Really nice work. Great display for them too!
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thank you so much! actually it's only one mask, just pictures taken at different angles. and I'll tell you the secret of my backdrop *whispers* it's a blanket on a chair!
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Haha wow I would never have guessed, looks very professional, great work!
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I remember this project and talking about it to you. Yes the rose is looking real nice
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and I really really hope you're right, I'm looking to graduate very very soon and am definitely not looking forward to receiving my first loan bill!
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LOL well with any luck things can pay off
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This is gorgeous work! Absolutely amazing craftsmanship
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thank you so much! I have an idea for a summer prairie one, but I'm still not 100% on the design
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whoawhoa, this is pretty cool! I dont see alot of deviants who make stuff like this so thumbs up for that and the creativity that went into make this rose mask
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thank you so much! I will, I've definitely been bitten by the leatherworking bug
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