Here is a study in embossing. Embossing in leather work is when you use stamps and a press to make the impressions. For this one we did a celtic knot stamp in acrylic using the laser and stamped it more than 48 times using the die press.
We found that embossing, especially at this level, is not as easy as one might think. When you see a case that has embossed leather on it then it's usually referring to leather that was done with a large plate on a large press or run through really big rollers to impress the design on the leather making it like fabric.
This case was done more like a hand tooled case in that the stamps are 50cm squares and we placed each one carefully - one screw up and the leather piece would be ruined. Not good when you are making a 5 ton press do the impressions and you have to place the stamp 48 times perfectly. So the embossing is carefully arranged. For this one we deliberately left the seam area unstamped to show off that it was not done on a large plate.
Anyway, enough chatter, this was a custom job we did for GTF cases and I am very proud of how it turned out.
We found that embossing, especially at this level, is not as easy as one might think. When you see a case that has embossed leather on it then it's usually referring to leather that was done with a large plate on a large press or run through really big rollers to impress the design on the leather making it like fabric.
This case was done more like a hand tooled case in that the stamps are 50cm squares and we placed each one carefully - one screw up and the leather piece would be ruined. Not good when you are making a 5 ton press do the impressions and you have to place the stamp 48 times perfectly. So the embossing is carefully arranged. For this one we deliberately left the seam area unstamped to show off that it was not done on a large plate.
Anyway, enough chatter, this was a custom job we did for GTF cases and I am very proud of how it turned out.
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