Tattooing leather

[mountainm]

Came across this whilst browsing etsy. Never seen the technique before but I'm very impressed.

http://www.puncturedartefact.com/

One for Tat2trev maybe?

Cheers

Mike

 

[chassybold]

Looks very cool! A way to put intricate patterns in leather has proved hard for me to find, this is very cool again!
Thanks for sharing

 

[Tat2trev]

If anybody can find what will waterproof the leather to protect the surface from the excess ink wipe off I'm prepared to give it a try anyone fancy sending some leather pre treated with water proofer and a design idea and ill try it .
I would also add just for now to do the prototypes in black then see if colour would be possible on a scrap piece or off cut of leather.

 

[mountainm]

Im sending Trev a sample with resolene on to test and an untreated one. But the guy on the website says he uses oils on veg tan. Neatsfoot maybe? Unfortunately I don't have any of that.

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[Tat2trev]

My brain is in overdrive if this works .imagine what is possible on all leatherwork

 

[mountainm]

My brain is in overdrive if this works .imagine what is possible on all leatherwork

We know it works as someone else is doing it - we just need to sort out the process. The interesting thing is he's tooling the leather once he's tattoo'd it. Which means he cases it - therefore he's stripped off the waterproofing. His leather is also very pale which makes me wonder if he's using some sort of cleaner to get rid of any excess ink.