Hi Everyone!
Well I did it. I finished the leather sculpts that I had left to do. I am so happy with them I could cry. Ya know tears of joy. Here are the last four piece. The first one started out like this. The leather is just magnificent and I wish I had tons of it. Now you have to know that in all the venues of art I work in I never have a solid plan. For the leather I make the mold if I don't have one on hand that I like, then mold and sculpt the leather. It takes days to get to the place you see in the first photo. Then it is time to embellish. A note to my work. The leather does not stay on the molds. My leather art is free standing. So yes if you pushed very hard the faces they would collapse.
Man and Woman Black leather. Faces are just smaller than human size
Finished "Indigenous" Airbrushed and decorated.
The colors are just amazing.
Then my Skulls. The leather is golden deer hide. I did make the larger skull mold. However when I removed the leather and trimmed them I cut too deep into the larger one and had to make a new mold a bit smaller. It worked though.
This is "Skull Garden" They sit in a cupboard gallery frame that is 36x16" The skulls are airbrushed and in real life look so real. Then Spanish Moss, soft Evergreen and grass clumps surround the skulls.I made cob webs too. This is truly wonderful in real life.
I thought I had a before photo of this but I think it is on my phone. This is a 24x16 gallery frame with lost of textured background. The leather is a light golden deer hide. Really nice to work with. Airbrushed face and golden highlights. They don't show up very well in this photo.
Last for this group is my small faces. There are three 3" faces mounted on a wood board. They are so cute and really have good detailing.
Now that you have read the info go back and click on the photos to see a better view.
Thanks to Eva and Kristen for hosting PPF
Nicole/DVArtist
Honor and integrity
in art, in life.
38 comments:
Wow Nicole, I don't know what to say! I am in total AHHHH!!!! Wow girl! You are Brilliant!!! AMAZING! Big Hugs!
Awww thank you Sweetie so much. Than means a lot to me.
Oh my gosh you should be over the moon, they are amazing. I can't even begin to imagine how you do it! Happy PPF!
Lovely leather art Nicole.
Thank you. I have been doing this a long time but these are some that I love.
Thank you Christine
Fantastic leather art, wow! Happy PPF, Valerie
I'm so in LOVE with Skull Garden and the peacock lady. Such beautiful pieces. Good luck on your exhibit and I hope many pieces sell. Happy PPF!
Stunning art, Nicole. Leather goes wonderful in your fingers!
Happy PPF 😃
Excellent art creations...stunning Nicole!!!
Thank you Valerie-Jael
Daggie thank you so much. I so wish you lived closer so we could do leather work together. Hugs.
Thank you so much Sirkkis.
Thank you. I appreciate your comments so much.
You dhould be happy. They are gorgeous and worth every minute you put into their creation. Happy PPF
much🌻love
These really are magnificent Nicole, you work wonders with that leather. I'd love to take a class or just sit and watch you work your magic. An amazing artist that i'm so glad to have discovered thanks to blogger.
As always thank you for sharing & congratulations again on your exhibitions.
Happy PPF Hugs Tracey xx
Just gorgeous!
Oh thank you so much Gillena.
Tracey any time you want to come over you are welcome. We can play art all day. Thank you for your kind words.
Thanks Debra.
Wow Nicole - your leather art is fantastic. I especially love the Indigenous pieces.
You've a great eye for bringing these to life... well done :D) xx
Beautiful. I especially love the native ammerican faces.
Thank you Sue
Thank you June
These are awesome ~ what creativity and work! Favorite is the first creation shown ~
Happy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thank you Carol
You do sculpture so well, and with much diversity!
So wonderful! Nice to see some close up images of the leather art. Gorgeous work!
great you got them all finished :) the skulls look like they are trying to escape from the ground :)
Jennifer thank you for see that. I was hopping for that effect.
Thank you. I wish I could get a better photo of them.
Thank you Gloria
Incredible! These are just so incredible!! I think the photos look great...clicking on each one gives the larger view to see more details.. I think your work is amazing. :) Happy PPF!!
wow, these are stunning. I really would love to see them for real. :) But, there is a whole world between us. The two faces on top, Gorgeous!
I'm a practical person so I have to ask: isn't leather art really expensive? I've sewn leather and I remember it wasn't cheap material.
How did you find this idea?
Thank you so much Courtney.
Thanks Monica
Yes, leather can be very expensive. I will tell the story of how this all began in my next ppf post.
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