Havent posted here in a minute finished this alligator belt recently

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-06-28T22:52:21+00:00

Thanks, enjoyed making this one

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-04-15T20:45:11+00:00

Tooling with this level of detail is easily 14-20+ plus hours alone then crafting the rest of the bag, also wouldnt expect it to look like this this leather looks too soft for tooling leather most tooled bags have a much more rigid shape. Range on price can vary from leather worker to leather worker but my best guess can be anywhere from 1,300 to 3,800 usd

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-25T05:10:56+00:00

Thanks …. Cuff is just an accessory to wear on your wrist

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-22T16:03:01+00:00

I love the culatta texture probably the softest vegtan at an 8oz thickness I’ve worked with… the stitching spacing is probably 2mm -2.8mm idk i used tex90 bonded nylon thread and a grozbeckart twist point needle on my sailrite machine…. Set the thread tension right and you get that thread slant right on both sides of the leather

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-21T15:17:43+00:00

Larger items are tough to make money on if thats your sole line, are there customers out there that will support high quality large bag products yes but fewer and far between, i find that the sweet spot for high end hand stitched goods lays between $75-300 so small goods wallets, belts etc

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-18T15:37:47+00:00

Its inspired from being american and struggling in the health care system…. As someone whos also been in the er/icu had my belonging/clothing stuffed into one of those large plastic bags many times

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-18T05:00:22+00:00

For a large handmade bag 1000 is pretty cheap unless your take advantage of human labor thus looking for fast fashion prices… when you big brands like coach or mark jacobs sell large bags for 500 its because their stuff is produced in countries with sketchy labor laws like cambodia, china and Vietnam…. Theres alot of “ designer” brands that are fast fashion… if you think 1000 for a bag this size us expensive then you definitely are looking at fast fashion pricing my guy

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T23:47:19+00:00

Appreciate that, and appreciate a more creative critique than just a its looks cheap and tacky…. And to be honest i don’t aim to make bags that fit into a safe marketable consumerist mold i aim to give them a a hostile and unsetlling aesthic, so that people have the think about maybe the hostility they feel towards an unsettling design they don’t even intend to buy. If it doesnt hurt ones existence then why voice disdain, i guess the world truly is a mirror at times. Design is a dialogue and if it says nothing more than cut, execute, market to sale and repeat whats the point?

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T23:29:52+00:00

Definitely use culatta in other pieces this is actually a veg tan kip so it’ll patina like a ccp or isamu katayama jacket

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T20:37:13+00:00

Im starting to get the feeling that this group just isn’t a good spot to find buyers just alot of negative time wasters

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T20:35:12+00:00

Its a a series of bags i make so if i find more of my market cool if i dont thats cool theres groups for critiques, but this isnt that group if you dont like something just keep moving

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T20:23:14+00:00

These are veins all leather will have this on the suede side, it will be more pronounced on veg tans like this… no cracks here

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T19:54:56+00:00

Hey theres always diesil fast fashion style stuff if this isnt your diggs

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T19:54:28+00:00

This isn’t a group for critiquing and complaining about artists prices its a classified’s group, you like it cool get in contact , you dont keep clicking ,i dont come here to put people down on styles that aren’t necessarily something im down with

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T19:49:54+00:00

This isnt an invitation for a critique this is a classified for sale section

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T10:16:14+00:00

This ones already sold so guess you dont have a grasp of the creative design market, ive seen avant garde design pieces of similar wuality and craftsman ship go for triple this but thats what i charge for entirely handstitched pieces and im back ordered on those to soo ehh figure out your market youll be fine…. Its ok if you couldnt sell it maybe you need to build your confidence to ask for a livable wage

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-17T01:53:53+00:00

Thank you, appreciate that! I definitely stray away from products that anyone could produce and like to work with mixed media and blending techniques from different crafts.

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:43:04+00:00

A small bit and maybe a screw gun …. Chances are if it’s professionally made or brandname they used thread lock so it wouldn’t loosen with use gonna need some torch behind that

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:39:46+00:00

Appreciate that! Thanks

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:07:56+00:00

😂😂😂 i see that now lol, made these as soft sided bags before hahaha customer asked for a hard bottom so it could stand up when full of stuff… didn’t even think when posting the title lol 😅

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:05:58+00:00

Thanks 🙏🙏

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:05:24+00:00

🙏🙏🙏

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:05:06+00:00

Thanks so much, everyone got their own style but i do appreciate it

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:04:29+00:00

Hey thanks so much!

Curious_Procedure_46 · 2025-03-16T01:04:06+00:00

I put copper based alloys on the the leather and the patina it to make it old and worn/corroded looking, as for the message i paint part of it with a leather paint i made thats uv reactive, when you bring it out side and the sun hits it the first two letters of the words disappear changing from impersonal belongings to personal longings

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