You know...it was an accidental discovery I made one day. Leather can be shaped when it's wet, & if it dries it stays that way. I got into leathercraft for the sake of my sister (who needed an arm guard for archery) & it just took off from there.
When I think about it though, this was a medium I'd always been waiting for. As a kid, I was forever experimenting & making things. I LOVED sculpting, but clay was so messy & it broke. Paper mache', close but too impermanent. Wood carving; perfect from a duribility/tactile sense but far too long & difficult to do (also potentially dangerous with sharp knives etc...). Leather was the perfect medium for the ideas I had.
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Date: 2009-02-02 03:51 pm (UTC)When I think about it though, this was a medium I'd always been waiting for. As a kid, I was forever experimenting & making things. I LOVED sculpting, but clay was so messy & it broke. Paper mache', close but too impermanent. Wood carving; perfect from a duribility/tactile sense but far too long & difficult to do (also potentially dangerous with sharp knives etc...). Leather was the perfect medium for the ideas I had.