Michelle Verbeeck has some beautiful examples of leather jewelry at her customleatherjewelry.com website.
I love how she has incorporated words into her designs with and without metal. Note to self: learn how to do rivets!
Mary Jane first showed me leather bezels like this one from aosLeather on Etsy. We're going to try it with cloisonné if I ever get a piece sent to her (Sorry Mary Jane for being a slow poke!)
Melinda Orr whose talent and eye for design is amazing also uses leather to advantage as you can see here:
There aren't many left it seems...but if you are lucky enough to live near a Tandy Leather store...stop in. The variety of leather styles, colors, textures is amazing. I won't get into the "correctness" of using leather. It's not for everyone obviously. But we can all admire beauty, no matter it's form.
3 comments:
I love the look of leather jewelry. I've seen many people recycle old leather belts, etc. to make some very cool pieces! I'll check out the shops you shared!
MaryAnn
I love leather. Michelle's leather and metal combo is great! I need to learn how to rivet too - I'm just not sure where to start.
I feel ya sister. I am loving the leather lately too! Thanks for the links, now I just have to figure out how to move near the leather factory...
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