Spent way too long carving this into a piece of leather…
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Spent way too long carving this into a piece of leather. Wasn't expecting people to react like this.
So this started as a random idea a few months back. I wanted a travel notebook that actually felt like it had a story in it, not just another blank leather journal.
Went with a geisha under a cherry blossom tree, Mt. Fuji in the background, crescent moon up top. No real plan, just kept adding detail until it looked "finished" (still not 100% sure it is, honestly).
The tooling took forever. Honestly lost count of how many hours went into just the hair and the kimono folds. Leather doesn't forgive mistakes, so there were a few moments I almost gave up on it.
Anyway, finally took a video of it today that actually does it justice, so figured I'd share. Just proud enough of how it turned out that I wanted more than my one friend to see it lol.
Curious what you all think. Does it read as "cherry blossoms at night" the way I hoped, or does something feel off?
#diy
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So this started as a random idea a few months back. I wanted a travel notebook that actually felt like it had a story in it, not just another blank leather journal.
Went with a geisha under a cherry blossom tree, Mt. Fuji in the background, crescent moon up top. No real plan, just kept adding detail until it looked "finished" (still not 100% sure it is, honestly).
The tooling took forever. Honestly lost count of how many hours went into just the hair and the kimono folds. Leather doesn't forgive mistakes, so there were a few moments I almost gave up on it.
Anyway, finally took a video of it today that actually does it justice, so figured I'd share. Just proud enough of how it turned out that I wanted more than my one friend to see it lol.
Curious what you all think. Does it read as "cherry blossoms at night" the way I hoped, or does something feel off?
#diy
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