Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Materials: leather, hammer percussion stamps

What it is?

I often hear this question when people see my work. So I want to talk a little bit about the artistic embossed leather to someone not familiar with this technology, it was clear. It is not a master class, so I will not overload of information about the progress of work, tools and materials used. For example, the manufacture of one of the products , I will try to explain.

Business card “Roses”

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Of special unpainted skin Molds cut parts.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Blunt awl applied pattern. Use a pen, pencil or chalk can not, because they leave traces that will be visible on the finished work.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

The whole circuit is cut with a knife. Only cut through the top layer of skin. There must be no through holes. If this happens – it is a marriage that can be easily thrown out.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

With the help of special tools and a hammer omit the background. 1 cm length of the line for about 5-7 hammer blows – the process of physically heavy enough.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

I omit the space between the leaves and petals of roses, create volume on some elements.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Structure background. Area tool, which is applied to this texture is highlighted in the pictures, and each imprint – a blow of a hammer.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

I make out other details. When applying geometric embossing error of 1 mm is critical, as this marriage and immediately catches the eye. So first I perform markup

and then very carefully stuffed embossing.

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Details are ready.

The next step – painting. It is a dangerous and difficult stage. Skin that is suitable for embossing is produced using only plant components (without the use of chromium) – according to the old technology . It is not polished and painted and “remember everything.” Any scar , wrinkle or hornet sting remain on the skin permanently, and are visible even after tanning. At the time of cutting defects visible to the eye, of course, cost, but there are those that will emerge only after painting. You can make a very high quality and a beautiful embossed, and will be shown during the painting spots that spoil the hopeless job and the item will have to redo. This is a frequent occurrence, so painting – very nervous event.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

In this study demonstrated several hidden scars, but they do not spoil the appearance of the product, on the contrary give uniqueness and emphasize stamping.

Now a little about the assembly.

To fix the vinyl lining of the unit do a skin foundation Cutting through the slot and insert the base.

Is fixed in place.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

I make out a fold at right angles to the first backing, and then embossed on the outer part.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Vinyl block embossed lining bases connect and pasted to not moved during the stapling. Install fittings. I pasted inside pockets. I punch holes and stapled.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Leveled, polished

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

and painted the open sections of the skin.

The product is ready.

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

Embossed leather and hand-assembled products

What patterns can be performed on the skin?

The technique of artistic embossing on the skin can be made of almost any pattern, either: the logo, initials, ornament or composition. But first you need to prepare this figure, adapt embossing. In this technique, it is impossible to make two identical patterns – in view of the complexity of application. They will be similar, but never get the same.

Why not use a sewing machine?

For several reasons:

– Hand seam reliable because there is no loop that grabs the thread, and two needles stitching made towards each other. If one of the threads of a fall over or broke – the second will continue to hold fast to the seam, which does not dissolve.

– Waxed cord for joints – 100% cotton treated with natural wax. He was not afraid of any moisture or friction, and to break my strength is not enough.

– The thickness of the cross-linkable skin is different, and sometimes more than 1 cm. Not every sewing machine is able to perform high-quality seam on the skin thickness. The peculiarity is that the skin can be postrochit once. If the first time and need to get a bad rip – holes remain on the product from the first seam.

– There is a “difficult places”, where the use of the sewing machine is simply not possible.

– And the last – after much manual labor spent on embossing, poking the product in a soulless piece of iron does not want.

Why so expensive – because the market is much cheaper?

If you compare the cost of punching and manual labor – I’m not a competitor. The person who asked this question , does not quite understand the difference, and no explanation is usually leads nowhere. In addition, the product “is not perfect” – there are some color unevenness, spots and dots that are in the process of life appeared on the body of the animal. In my opinion, it gives some flavor product exclusivity. But many believe this marriage, because of which can greatly reduce the cost of the product or just to tell the wizard to the “low-quality work.”

Cost of products is really high, but there are objective reasons for this:

– This leather, vegetable tanning agents worked out without the use of harsh chemical components. Harmful influence on the environment when such production is minimized. Modern industry such skin produces virtually no, due to the long period of production, the high cost of natural ingredients, and there is no demand for it. Lifetime leather vegetable -tanned – for decades and things are made ​​of it, will please for a long time.

– When cutting the skin consumption is very high, because you have to “bypass” the scars and wrinkles, and sometimes completely alter the details.

– It is completely handmade. The labor cost and time for manufacturing large.

– The cost of tools, colors and quality fittings in retail buying is much higher than wholesale shipments for serial production.

– The product is exclusively and exact repetition is not possible. After the work is done for each individual pattern is selected and a drawing rather than a single template for several thousand pieces. And the creation of high-quality patterns takes time.

I hope that after reading this article you got the idea of artistic embossed leather. If there are any questions, please ask. I will be glad to answer them.

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