Combing through back pages here in SYM looking for a post from you;
Last seen Jul 8, 2021 Though your last post was June 19th
Where oh where have you gone?
I went on a few trips and errands...I get tired of reading 8hrs a day. I'm a construction Electrician for more than one reason.... don't get me wrong...I enjoy reading but when it becomes work it gets old quick. I still have to stay up on it all as I got my portfolio to maintain.
So I've been cooking and then doing a few leather crafts.
The leather crafts I'm finding to be a bit more difficult lately. Finishing the pieces is where most of the information is really missing. So much is sold unfinished to begin with...it's expensive cheap garbage.
Pricing structure is gone out the window for most of it. (Custom, unique, hand crafted leather goods) The truly good stuff doesn't need your name put on it...it's striking all by itself and usually everyone knows it's owner. It's well finished without having unfinished edges or the flesh side ever being with an ability to stain or come into contact with you or valuables. (Lined with something).
I was thinking of making a few items as Christmas presents for friends. So I made a study piece to practice skills and test performance of edges, joints, and seams.
Soon enough I will start on the masterpieces. In the meantime my study piece was a pocket composition notepad cover. My wife uses them a lot for her office job. I lined it with some upholstery/curtain fabric that had been embroidered....it was really cheap and on sale at the sewing store. Then dyed the thing shiny red with a butterfly stamp on it.
It's about the size of a pocket new testament. Now I got to make a couple of bracelets for her office days.
One red and one yellow for her physical contact preferences. (Red meaning stay 6ft away masked and yellow means within 6ft is okay but I don't wanna hug or shake hands.
She isn't exactly up for Green contact except from me on a normal basis. She will shake hands but doesn't enjoy it.
Where most offices will use silicone rubber I'm making hers out of leather.
And it's keeping me out of trouble....
But enough about me....how has things been around here?