Custom Leather work



Leather Wallet with Money Clip

Bracelet - Leather hand tooled and hand painted



Leather Necklaces

The Legend of Wild Bill

Aces and 8's was the hand that Wild Bill was holding when he was gunned down. I used all playing card and cut and stiched by hand  8"x 8"  

Momentos of Past Loved Ones

 Hanging art that can store pictures and small items to remember our beloved that is no longer with us

 

Mixed media 16" x  24"

 Recycled wood tile box, wire, natural stone, paint, felt, found objects

 

Hand painted childs guitar

Sea Shell Pendants 

  Hand painted. wire with beads on outside of shell

Beautiful tropic images added into the the inside

Day Dreamer

Recycled pieces

I found a skull figurine in a box of old stuff ready for the trash and I just had to save it. It spoke to me, the way many object do, save me, paint me, make me look pretty. The skull I believe was from an aquarium, multi colors of neon. The hole in the back so fish could swim thru.

  So I saved it, it had to be gessoed first off to conceal the old colors. Next it was ready for the design of adornment of colors(I know I took off bunch of color to put it all back on, right). While the paint was drying I was working the green wire, Shaping and flattening, I wanted it to resemble a tiara or fancy head dress. Now how the heck to attach it, I glued the skull to a jar lid and punctured 4 hole in the bottom to base the silver wire too. Then I began twist the wire 2 strands at a time and then intersecting the 4 wires together every 1/2 inch for added security. Now it was able to hold the green wire in place. I wanted the green wire to have the versatility to hold pictures or earrings. I like to create dual purpose items that look pretty but also hold a utilitarian purpose.

  Now the fun part, gluing on the flowers and butterflies, then the black lace to hid the lid at bottom.

Ta-Da! 

   



Leather Cuffs recycled from leather belts





I enjoy making the leather cuffs, they are fairly easy to put together and look great.

 





I look for newer belts and cut them to size, find a creative piece for the front(this was a bolo tie with a natural stone and was able to attach). It's a show stopper.

 



This ones fun and catches allot of attention.



I always look for leather belts that have interesting design or I enjoy adding design by tooling the leather. On this particular piece I left the leather plain because I wanted the beads to stand out.