2-Beginning Leather Carving with Kay Orton

(Use this page with the Beginning Leather Carving video)

The tools we are using here are the seven basic leather cra� tools from Tandy Leather Company.

There are many leather cra� tool makers and many sizes of these basic tools so your tools may look a li�le

different than the tools pictured here and in the video. That is ok. The size of the tool will need to vary with

the size of the pa�ern. This pa�ern works best with medium sized basic tools.

Supplies you will need—A hard surface——A piece of marble or granite is best,

A spray bo�le for water or a sponge & water, Vegetable tanned Leather (tooling leather)

Leather tools, a mallet, tracing tool, tracing film, pencil to copy pa�ern, the tracing pa�ern

Tracing Stylus

Pear Shader—-checked or smooth Camoflage tool

checked beveler or smooth beveler Veiner

Backgrounder Seeder

Swivel Knife

Modeling tool for tracing- with a spoon on one end for modeling or molding leather

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Sample 1-Swivel Knife & camouflage

Sample 2– Steps used in Sample 1 and pear shader, beveling & veiner

Sample 3– Steps used in sample 1 & 2 and seeder, backgrounder, & Decorative cuts

Small flower & leavesSmall flower & leavesSmall flower & leavesSmall flower & leaves——A carving pattern that could be used in Unit 2

Use of backgrounder Use of veiner & seeder Use of beveler

Use of camouflage tool Tracing pattern

Use of swivel knife

Use of pear shader

The size of this pattern is 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/2 inchesThe size of this pattern is 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/2 inchesThe size of this pattern is 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/2 inchesThe size of this pattern is 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/2 inches