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#leathercraft

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Inkdustrielle

Back from my family weekend, I'm stocking up to prepare for the reopening of my website. Not many photos for now but a few belts in progress including this "wood style" which I'm very proud of, or some like these vegetal motifs dyed in different colors.
In terms of belt dye, would you be more classic (brown, cognac) or more adventurous (green, red, etc...)?

Veg tan leather belt embossed with a wood effect
Veg tan leather belts embossed with vegetal effect in brown, cognac and green color
#mastoart#leathercraft#craft
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Inkdustrielle

In a few hours, I'll be on the TGV to go back to my parents' house in Périgord this weekend (lovely region by the way^^). It's the opportunity to share here some of my best creations made for my family members over the years, because being a crafts(wo)man helps a lot with gifts!

Vegtan leather accesories set of vembraces, belt and belt bag, all tooled with an Yggdrasil pattern and handdyed in dark brown. Proudly own by my little sister ! :)
Wood and vegtan leather treasure box decorated with Cthulhu which my uncle is a fan of ! Made for last Christmas.
Vegtan leather phone case, tooled with an ammonite pattern that my other uncle collects and hand-dyed in cognac color.
Little tooling of my paternal uncle's tractor on vegtan leather, again for a brown belt commissionned and gifted by my first cousin !
#leathercraft#gift#art
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Saira Workshop

Setting hides characteristics aside (this black leather is much more stiff and always gives me a hard time molding, and this time I even had my hand sore for a full week), I have to say, even though I found myself comfier with the edges first system, the fullers first ended up being a faster system, because it requires less retouches later. Also, fullers looks better being less profound than edges
#leather #leathercraft #leatherwork #handmade #lotr #theoden #swordbelt

Pic of the black blade/strap rolled up forming an eight, with the tip and the base visible on the front, and the middle section visible behind them too. It has both the fullers and the edges molded already, the fullers more heavily pronounced
Pic of the natural blade/strap displayed in the exact same way as the pic before, this one with the lines of the edges more defined and the fullers softer
Very angled pic of both the swordbelts, hilt/buckles positioned over the blade/straps, camera pointing from the pommel and up, and the lightning entering from behind slightly sided
The blade/straps hanging from the tip part, with the lightning hitting from the side completely so the volumes are more appreciated. There is a white mannequin behind with a brown suede armour
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Devlin Leathercraft
I don't think enough attention is paid to the humble leather handle.
These handles take many steps and much time to complete but will last generations. Two handles are cut, along with four pieces of stiff leather filler. The hardware is riveted onto the handles. The filler pieces are glued over these rivets on either sides of the handles. The filler pieces are trimmed, top and bottom to even them out and round the tops. A rectangular piece of leather is "cased" (dampened with water), formed around each handle and stretched to accommodate the curves. These are clamped and allowed to dry. The handles are dyed to coordinate with the case they being fastened to, stitching holes are punched and then the covering is stitched on with contrasting waxed thread. The raw edge, along the top, is trimmed, sanded even and smooth and then edge finished to seal and refine. #LeatherCraft #handles #HandMade #Bags #Cases
Six pieces of vegetable tanned leather, grain side up. They are shaped like horseshoes with the tips cut off. Two have longer ends that have been folded back onto themselves to hold brass "D" rings. These are riveted into place with the round end of the "D" inside the fold.
The same pieces of leather however the pieces without the hardware are glued onto each side of the pieces with the hardware. This makes two handles with a piece of filler leather on each side of each handle, three pieces of leather each. The ends are clamped into place with green and black spring clamps whilst the glue dries.
Two handles with a thin rectangular piece of vegetable tanned leather beside them. One handle has had leather wrapped around it and this leather is held in place with small, clear spring clamps. The other handle does not have a wrapping but shows signs of having been trimmed to round its shape. It should be understood by the composition of the photo that the rectangular piece of leather will be wound around the handle that has not yet been wrapped.
Two handles, one with ends facing up and one with ends facing down, that have had their wrapping stitched onto them and have been dyed mahogany brown.
#cases
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Inkdustrielle

In order to welcome @Photosaurus on Mastodon, I'm sharing our last collab last November with this pic I love so much ! Also 2 detail shots of the leather belt accessories (details in ALT description). The goal was to represent what could be a vampire crossing the ages and slowly adapting her wardrobe (we also did a victorian and modern era version but I prefer the medieval one^^). #fantasy #photomonday #vampire #portrait #leathercraft #costumedesign

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Photo of what could be a medieval vampire with a red and green dress, red hood and embossed vegtan leather belt and belt accessories. Has some scars but looks quite nice for a young undead creature ! ^^
Detail shot of belt accessories: horn stand, viking purse (based on a Hedeby finding), medieval-inspired purse. All in vegtan leather.
Detail shot of vegtan leather belt accessories: embossed belt and horn stand, belt bag with a red jasper insert, viking purse (based on a Hedeby finding).
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Inkdustrielle

By the way, I would like to thank everyone who follows me, I couldn't have dreamed of a better start on the #fediverse !
I'm curious about what you would like to see in priority here so here is a little poll !

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#fantasy#art#leathercraft
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Inkdustrielle

One of my oldest creations that I still use daily with this phoenix pencil case/toolkit.
It's perfect to keep my swivel knife, modelers, tracer, cutter, pencils, awl and needles. It's good also to showcase what color gradient can be achieved on vegtan leather with yellow, orange and red dyes applied successively with a cloth.

Now I just need to find time to create other ones... Hoping to have some on my next shop update in late March !

A pencil case / toolkit in red, orange and yellow veg tan leather. A phoenix is tooled and open proudly his wings !
#leathercraft#handmade#smallbusiness
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Saira Workshop

And these are the ones from the previous three years, 2020, 2019 and 2018 respectively. The oldest one shows some of my first leather pieces since I started my formation only one year prior. Until then, my crafting field was foam weapon replicas for LARP, swordcombat sparring and cosplay, something I start leaving behind me the more I was fall in love with leather

Collage of nine pics: a purple leather dicebag shaped as a rigid D20 dice, lid open towards the cam. A kpinga (north-african throwing weapon with three curved arms that cut and stab) made in foam with a leather sheath behind. A very small quiver shaped leather case for arrow tokens for role-play games, green and brown with leaf motifs. A simple leather bracer decorated with a norse inspired pic of a dragon and a warrior fighting. A selfie wearing a leather helmet moulded and painted simulating an old metal one, visor down covering most of the face. Two sides of an unpainted leather bracer shaped and tooled as a bird wing. A foam naginata with a golden dragon head carved at the base of the ondulated blade. A simple undyed long bag with a norse dragon tooled on the lid. An a close pic of the head of a foam axe of the Thor Stormbreaker weapon from Avengers Endgame
Collage of 9 pics: a close pic of the head of Kratos axe from God of War 2018, made in foam. A textured painting in leather depicting a dreamcatcher inside two branches, with feathers, beads, seashells and bird skulls hanging from the threads and a dark blue background. A close pic of two foam swords, the silver and the steel ones from The Witcher 3 videogame. An angel moulded in leather and painted in withe, blue and gold with dark blue wrinkled background. A selfie of me with both sides of my head shaved and two braids on top. A replic of the ursine semi-cuirass from The Witcher 3 videogame, unfinished and with celtic crosses tooled on the chest. A close pic of the handles of two replics in foam of the mechanical blades from Attack on titans tactical gear. A set of green of brown leather greaves with krakens embossed in the front. And two replics in foam of the Falchion swords from the Fire Emblem videogame
Collage of nine pics: a green and orangish leather bag with two serpents fighting embossed on the lid. A foam replic of Lagertha shield (from Vikings) and a norse simple sword. Three backpacks in leather and suede, with Cosima's sea snail shell tattoo design (Orphan Black), a triquetra and a cannabis leaf embossed and dyed on each lid. A set of green and brown vambraces with a kraken embossed on them. A selfie wearing a black cape. A foam replic of Akali sashimi skin weapons from League of Legends, a sushi knife and a crab claw. A close pic of two leather feathers, tooled and moulded, one cut away from the leather base and the other only undercut and barely lifted from it. A close pic of the basket guard of a foam replic of Rose Quartz saber (Steven Universe). And a set of six leather roses, three dyed in red and three in dark blue
#art#handmade#leathercraft
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Saira Workshop

A regressive #ArtvsArtist of my work, to summarize some of my fave pieces and offer a perspective of my range. These are 2024 to 2021, four intense years where I focused on learning some side skills and kind of found my foot. Sadly, also tumultuous years that made me step aside a bit from crafting (against my will) and prioritize other things right now, still in hopes of coming back in some years
#handmade #leathercraft #leatherwork #leather #art #larp #ttrpg

Collage of 5 pics: a vertical pic of the Warrior Nun and the Xena leather swordbelts, painted in metallic bronze and silver hanging from a metal bar; 10 metallic cross shaped leather keychains and a metallic Lórien leaf pendant; a leather chest shaped and adorned as a fantasy mimic, simulating wood, metal, horns and organic parts, with big fangs and tongue coming out from the lid; two unpainted leather carved hilts shaped as Théoden's sword for two new swordbelts, and, in the middle, a selfie of me, with long hair down, green hoodie and a proud smile
Collage of pics. At the center, a selfie with am elvish helm in green and golden leather and leaves along the sides. The rest of the pics are also leather pieces. A Viking seax sheath with a knot art carved with a raven head in shades of brown, aged and with rabbit hair at the border. A phoenix with open wings and a big tail carved and textured in leather. Owl feather earrings textured and moulded. A black wand sheath to hang on the belt witha silver moon and star carved and red scales that bright in shadows of blue. A tridimensional iron maiden painted in silver and with spikes in the interior to hang jewelry. A LoTR inspired leathercuff in green with silver Nenya and the inscription of the ring and some vines painted in gold. A pair of bracers with the new logo of D&D carved in 3D and painted in bronze
Collage of 9 pics. At the center, a woman with leather black choker shaped as a shirt collar. Around: picture of a green, yellow and red stegosaurus pencil case, almost front view. A bunch of leather flowers: magnolias, lilies, roses, tulips, orchids, with different colours and effects, realistic and fantastic. A leather dice bag with a D20 shape, marbled painting effects in white and blues, grey thread, golden carved numbers and a dice with two barnacles carved and painted in gold too. A chakram and a rapier hanging on a stick, made of foam and painted simulating old steel. A belt like a Celtic inspired sword, buckle made in leather being the handle, and painted in silver, bronze and brown. A brown and green sporran with Bilbo's door from LOTR decorating the cover. Three dice bags as dices, a D20 with malachite look and bronze numbers and thread, and two D12, an old bronze w Roman numbers and a blue w futuristic yellow numbers. And three tiny sunflowers, two pendants a beard bead
Collage with several product photos. A winged bracer with iridescent painting simulating the colours of a raven (black with blue, green and violet highlights), three sporran-style belt pouches with shield-shaped covers (simple silver warrior's, red and black heraldic with a griffin and a hippocampus, and a plain brown Viking one), an antiqued bracer with a Viking dragon carving, two belts (a studded brown one with an old gold buckle, and a silver and blue one with dwarf-style borders), selfie wearing a facehugger mask (from Alien), red and gold women's armour (consisting of breastplate, corset, shoulder pads, scarcels, bracers, greaves and winged tiara), detail of a carved dog's paw with textured hair and a triskel on the larger pad, two sash belts (one black and sober and one aged with a barbarian design), and three flowers (a violet iris, a pink and yellow tulip, and a white magnolia)
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Saira Workshop

Starting all over again here in mastodon, let me re-introduce myself:
Spanish leathercrafter, armour-maker, fantasy-lover, appearance-deceiver, wing-witch, always-learning and sapphic-fangirl.
I love a good challenge (as long as my regular job and my neurodivergent ass let me).
All 100% handmade (my only mechanic tools are a dremmel and a sewing machine I still didn't learn how to use)
#leather #art #LARP #nerd #alternative #leathercraft #leatherwork

Two pics in vertical. The first shows the right side of a green and golden fantasy leather helmet, with border decorations, protection for the cheeks but not the rest of the face and some leaves made with modelled leather and painted in diferent colours; the helm is on a head mannequin made of leather too The second pic is a woman wearing a red and golden leather armour (cuirass, corset, pauldrons, tassets, bracers, greaves and a winged tiara, all decorated with viking inspired knots and filigrees), a viking spear and a round shield
Collage of two vertical pics. The first is a very close photo to a leathercarving, the face and torso of a witch, with a hat, a long braid and a tunic waving, painted in black with some highlights of the volumes embossed, and with the sunlight making the embossed volumes standing up. The second is a pic of four wing bracers painted differently (golden one, red and yellow like a phoenix other, a rainbow the third and a ravenous blue the fourth), all with feathers textured and undercut to make them look real
Collage of two horizontal pics. The first is a cilindric case with a cap and a long strap, and an square board game Tak, from the novel The name of the wind. Decorated with leaves a flowers motifs, the Tak logo in the center of the board and the top of the cap and in different tones of brown. The second are three sporran bags with lids crafted as medieval shields: a simple steel triangular shield, a viking one textured with the wood planks and a noble coat of arms in red with a bronze griffin and a silver hippocampus carved in the leather
Collage of two horizontal pics. The first is a close up to some triangular pieces of leather perfored through the whole borders and with numbers embossed in the center. They are painted in white, blues and grays making it look like marble. The second are 15 flowers (tulips, orchids, magnolias, lillies and roses) modelled from leather and painted in different colours (from realistic flowers to fantasy combinations of colours and even metallic ones). On the top left corner, some pairs of leaves also modelled in leather
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Saira Workshop

Still testing and experimenting, this time the order of the steps: do I tool the fullers or mould the edges first? I'll let you know which works better!
What I already know is that this is the most complicated blade I made EVER, my hand hurts!!! Luckily, I may have found a buyer for one of them (I intend to keep the other for showing xD)
#leathercraft #art #swordbelt #theoden #lotr

Pic of both blade/straps rolled to get to see the point and the base at the same time, front and volumes, side by side in comparative. The black, at the left, has the edges of the blade moulded downside and the center plain. The brown, at the right, is totally plain except for two parallel fullers tooled at the center
Pic of both blade/straps longside, focused on the points
Pic of the bases of the blade/straps, where they will be attached to the hilt/buckles
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