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Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 09:10 PM
Replies: 35
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Posted By BigV
pic01--Handle detail. I like the outline here,...

pic01--Handle detail. I like the outline here, in my mind, it evokes the silhouette of a woman and it reminds *me* where the paddle's going.

poc02--And this reminds *her* where it's from.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 09:06 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--Here's the finished gift. I gave it to my...

pic01--Here's the finished gift. I gave it to my girlfriend for Valentine's Day. It's one of the few projects I've titled. This one is called "Beating Hearts".

pic02--Backside detail (heheh.....
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 09:02 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--Trimming the excess. You can see I...

pic01--Trimming the excess. You can see I haven't rounded the edges yet. This made for a *very* sharp edged piece.

pic02--I liked the contrast of the red leather showing through, but by the time...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 09:00 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--This paddle uses glue construction, no...

pic01--This paddle uses glue construction, no stitching.

pic02--And then I put it to bed under this hunk of granite countertop. See you tomorrow!
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 08:58 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--Looks nice and clean, doesn't it? I can...

pic01--Looks nice and clean, doesn't it? I can see one little slip at the apex of the inside heart at the far left. Oops.

pic02--Half dead. Wait--half dyed.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 08:56 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--Stacked. pic02--Now I'm cutting the...

pic01--Stacked.

pic02--Now I'm cutting the grooves that outline the design.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 08:53 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--This was when I discovered the usefulness...

pic01--This was when I discovered the usefulness of my chisels for this kind of work. Obviously the bandsaw wasn't an option. But I am considering getting a scrollsaw.

pic02--I like how it...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 08:48 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--Serious leather. Like what you'd expect...

pic01--Serious leather. Like what you'd expect on the sole or the heel of your shoe.

pic02--All cut out (outline at least) and the internal pattern is transferred in pencil.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 08:45 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic01--This is where I learned to turn one of the...

pic01--This is where I learned to turn one of the patterns over so the two halves are mirror images.

pic02--I cut these out using the bandsaw. It was a lot of very careful, tedious work. Tha's...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 08:42 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
Here's another paddle I made as a gift. ...

Here's another paddle I made as a gift.

pic01--Pencil sketch of what I had in mind...

pic02--Now I need to transfer the sketch to some paper to make a pattern.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 05:38 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
This is the victory lap really. She wanted it in...

This is the victory lap really. She wanted it in black, so I shined it up again and gave it to her. It was very well received.

pic 01: Supine.

pic 02: Prone.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 05:34 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Here's the first stitch, draw tight. ...

pic 01: Here's the first stitch, draw tight. Notice I still have a needle on the right and a needle on the left. That's how this process works, I weave these two needles back and forth past each...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 04:33 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Now I take the needle that was in my...

pic 01: Now I take the needle that was in my left hand and pass it through the same hole the right hand needle just passed through.

pic 02: When I draw up most of the slack from both needles,...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Now to the sewing! I take about five...

pic 01: Now to the sewing! I take about five feet of this thread, very heavy, waxed thread (left hand twist, mind you...), thread a needle onto each end, and then pull the thread through so the...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 04:15 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Trimmed. Glued. This is all coming...

pic 01: Trimmed. Glued. This is all coming together face down. I will put the back onto the backside of the front, after centering the red leather so the whole cutaway shows red.

pic 02: ...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 04:08 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Here's what it's gonna look like,...

pic 01: Here's what it's gonna look like, eventually. I've just dry fitted all the layers together. You can also see in this picture (and the previous one) that I've radiused the inner edge. ...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 04:01 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Once I got my groove down (heh), I used...

pic 01: Once I got my groove down (heh), I used this marking tool to make regularly spaced marks to guide me as I made the holes.

pic 02: I have to confess, I didn't use a hand awl for all these...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 03:52 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: Here's the cutaway top with the full...

pic 01: Here's the cutaway top with the full back behind.

pic 02 : I intend to hand sew these two sides together. I have a new (to me) sewing method, different from the method used on the...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
pic 01: I've learned to make sure that when I...

pic 01: I've learned to make sure that when I make double thickness items like this to reverse one of the patterns so I can put the flesh sides together leaving the hair sides on the outside.

pic...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 12:52 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
Thank you, Cloud. You should definitely stay...

Thank you, Cloud. You should definitely stay tuned.
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 01:14 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
Once the pattern was transferred to the material,...

Once the pattern was transferred to the material, I used these small chisels to cut the piece from the material.

pic 01:
Here I'm starting my cuts.

pic 02:
All done at last. This represents...
Forum: Creative Expression 04-09-2011, 01:02 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
Ok. Time for a new project. This is a...

Ok. Time for a new project.

This is a keyfob for my girlfriend.

pic 01:
My patterns

pic 02:
transferred to the leather. This is veg tanned leather and quite thick, about a quarter...
Forum: Creative Expression 01-27-2011, 01:03 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
Hours later, with the outside edges of my pinkie...

Hours later, with the outside edges of my pinkie fingers raw from pulling the thread taught, I finished the stitching. I am *very* happy with the result. Having said that, now that I've done this...
Forum: Creative Expression 01-27-2011, 12:40 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
Now I'm going to make the actual lock stitch. I...

Now I'm going to make the actual lock stitch. I take the free end of the thread on the left and put it through the loop. Then I pull the awl out, leaving the loop of thread "locked" by the thread...
Forum: Creative Expression 01-27-2011, 12:35 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 22,437
Posted By BigV
The way this works is I decide how long the line...

The way this works is I decide how long the line of stitches will be, say eighteen inches. I push the awl through the first hole, and pull through twenty-seven inches of thread. Now, the awl is in...
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