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By Marc Burke


Leather craft is a fascinating hobby, and many artists have taken this way beyond carving initials or embossing a logo. Leather craft requires special tools and specific types of leather. Many craft workers have taken leather craft beyond a hobby into a part time or full time business.

Embossing is art of creating a three-dimensional image onto leather. The only type of leather you want to try this on is a vegetable tanned leather, which may be described as tooling leather. With leather craft embossing, you do not need extensive training since all that is required are some special tools, embossing plates or wheels, and some basic leather craft knowledge, which can be learned in a class or even on the Internet.

With stamping, pressure is created from underneath the leather item or from on top. For de-stamping, this is when the design is backward, created from the upper side of the leather, which would produce a sunken look upon the other side.

The great thing about embossing is that you don't need considerable training or pricey tools to develop a marvelous leather craft piece. The most basic method of embossing demands buying an embossing wheel. These wheels do range in size but the one used most often is one-inch wide made of metal. On the metal wheel are assorted types of patterns that protrude, which embodies that will set the image into the leather.

You are able to find embossing wheels with all types of design possible. There are flowers, geometric designs, animals, scrolling, and so forth. These embossing wheels are very affordable and easy to find at any craft, hobby, or leather store. Bear in mind that if you plan to emboss leather regularly, it would be best to purchase the finer quality wheel.

This type of leather work involves getting the leather wet so the design of the embossing will dry stiff and stand out more. If you do not have a special embossing wheel, you can use stencils like you would have used in elementary school to trace your initials. Most hobby stores have a huge selection of stencils to choose from, giving you a good variety. Then, using a hammer made specially for embossing. You would tap out the design in the stencil, producing the embossed design on the other side of the hide.

To generate a theme of what leather craft embossing looks like, if you've ever seen a notary public stamp on an authoritative document defined a marriage license or birth certificate, that advanced design is embossed. Hold on in mind that the quality of the embossing is hooked on the skill of the person swaying that hammer. The more detailing you see in each of embossed leather, numerous time and effort it went for achieve it.

Blind stamping is a reference to embossing rises up that are not colored. At times, pigmentation potentially added or gold leafing expanded to deepen the leather craft work. With stamping, a special pressure is used that appears like a hand stamp to make the design. In addition with leather craft stamping, designing is often not three-dimensional but different colors. The outcomes are very nice but don't have the advanced result you get with embossed leather.

Tooling is an artistic creation that takes time to learn. This type of leather craft implies hand tools like a chisel and hammers to create intricate designs. Explore our article on "Classes" through the link below for additional information on wherever to find excellent training for this astounding fashion of leather craft.




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