Time to get back on track!

Time to get back on track! My duty as Baron of the Rhydderich Hael has come to an end and it is my hope to find more time for projects like this blog. My goal going forward is to focus more on projects that expand my skills and my portfolio, and to work on these projects in a time frame that allows me to really spend time on little details. I want to get away from constant last minute deadlines that force me to work quickly and in many ways steals the joy from doing what I do. Today I present a couple quick updates of projects I have worked on recently. These are an example of what I am talking about. I am very happy with how these came out, but because of my schedule I had to build three items from raw leather to completed project in less than a week and a half. Given more time there are so may small details I could have improved upon. More updates to follow...no seriously, its going to happen this time.

Court Baron Coronet

The coronet is tooled and painted leather. The yellow is leather dye and all the colors are painted. The pearls are mounted into the leather on posts. The back is open for adjustment of size.

Leather Circlet

The circlet is tooled and painted leather. The black is leather dye and all the colors are painted. The back is open for adjustment of size.

Minister of the Lists badge

Finished another project. this is an Æthelmearc Minister of the Lists badge of office. I created this as Birthday gift for our Baronial (Rhydderich Hael) MOL Lady Thalia Papillon. The badge is tooled leather. The badge was dyed with black leather dye and the details painted with acrylic paint. I was very please with the level of detail. I did not make the cording.

Far too long - A quick update!

It has been far too long since I updated this blog. Life (both actual and Society) has kept me busy. I have worked on the odd non-creative project, but never found time to update the blog. I plan to improve on my productivity (project wise), but we will see what happens. I did manage to squeak out a project at the request of Edward Harbinger, completed for the The Scarlet Guard Inn archery festival at the Shire of Hornwood. A simple leather archery arm guard. Tooled and painted leather. Sorry for the quick photo. I finished the project just before leaving for the event and snapped a shot before getting in the car. The leather is dyed Ox blood, but looks darker in the photo. I had a little issue with the dye bleeding into the white paint. I forgot to seal the leather before painting and that caused the dye (Ox blood is a pain) to bleed into the white a bit. Not a huge issue, but the white was not as smooth as I can normally achieve. I was happy with the final project given the time I allowed by self to work on it (no I totally didn't wait until the minute).