Booshway
| Chuck good job we know she was happy.
The best thing about owning a dog is that someone is happy when you get home.
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Booshway
| Absolutely beautiful. |
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Booshway
| Hiya Grey Wolf, That is some mighty fine work for shor! Might I ask what you used for bead thread and did you go through the leather or use the older method of just going half way through. Looks like some may be applique too. I've done a lot of beadwork over the years, mostly Blackfoot, Tlinget, Haida and Crow styles on moose and caribou braintan. Regards, xfox
The forest is a wilderness only to those that fear it, silent only to those that hear nothing. The forest is a friend to those that dwell within its' nature and it is filled with the sounds of life to those that listen.
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Booshway
| Woodman - yep both of Jerry's girls have grown to be fine young women and sure can make you feel old fast seeing them grownup. Crossfox - I generally use silk thread for beading due to it's strength. There's no applique stitch on here - it is the Cheyenne method of the lane stitch so it appears flatter than the more humped Sioux style. I also generally go only half way through, but that depends on the thickness of the leather - sometimes it's just a bit too thin - doubt you have that problem though with moose or caribou, but with smaller deer or antelope it can be - also like many original pieces I often stitch together small scraps into larger sections for beading on - having made my own braintan in the past I understand why the scraps were kept! Also when doing either Crow or Metis work I will go all the way through which is quite common amongst them. When doing applique or Crow stitch I will often use sinew for stringing the beads and thread for the tack stitches - this method is quite common on original pieces.
aka Chuck Burrows
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Booshway
| Fist off thank ya'll for such nice comments...after 53 years of beading I reckon I just might have made my "masterpiece" movin me on up from journeyman.. quote: Originally posted by GreyWolf: Woodman - yep both of Jerry's girls have grown to be fine young women and it sure can make you feel old fast seeing them grownup (my son is 36 and I have 12 year old granddaughter - dang where did the time go....).
Crossfox - I generally use silk thread for beading due to it's strength. There's no applique stitch on here - it is the Cheyenne method of the lane stitch so it appears flatter than the more humped Sioux style. I also generally go only half way through, but that depends on the thickness of the leather - sometimes it's just a bit too thin - doubt you have that problem though with moose or caribou, but with smaller deer or antelope it can be - also like many original pieces I often stitch together small scraps into larger sections for beading on - having made my own braintan in the past I understand why the scraps were kept! Also when doing either Crow or Metis work I will go all the way through which is quite common amongst them. When doing applique or Crow stitch I will often use sinew for stringing the beads and thread for the tack stitches - this method is quite common on original pieces.
aka Chuck Burrows
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Hivernant
| Amazing!!! Just having a good picture of that work would be a gift!.. Mr Burrows you are there!Congrats! |
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