1Beginner’s Roadmap
55Wood Selection for Pyrography
2TOP 3 BEGINNER PITFALLS: DON'T FALL INTO THEM!
56Is Wood Burning Easy For Beginners?
3History of Leather Crafting
57Pyrography Tips for Beginners:
4Leather Categories
58Details of Pyrography Pen/Burner Tips and Their Usages
5Leather Kinds
59Wood
6Hide Dimension as well as Component
60The Wood Burner
7Picking a Veg Tanned Leather/Leather Grading
61Using the Wood Burner for the First Time:
8Introduction to Basic Tools
62Pyrography tool required along with a Wood Burner
9List of basic tools required for a beginner:
63Basic Techniques
10Sample Tools
64Making Strokes with a Wood Burner
11Setting Up a Leather Workstation
65Pyrography Shading: Tonal Values Boxes
12A sample workstation illustration
66Several Tips and Tricks for Shading
135 Tools for the Beginner Leather Crafter
67Finishing
14A Good Knife
68Wooden Dominoes Game
15Job Surfaces
69Key Holders
16Rulers
70Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
17Burnishers
71Wooden Alphabet and Numbers
18How to make leather Patterns
72Coasters
19Patterning in Two Dimensions
73Wooden Tic-Tac-Toe Board
20Patterning in Three Dimensions
74Easter Eggs
21Sample Pattern Design for Leather Money Holder
75Wooden Key Ring/Key chain
22CUTTING LEATHER
76Leather Key Ring/Key chain (Leather Burning example)
23Cutting Leather with Scissors
77Wooden Spoon
24Cutting With X-Acto, Utility, or Craft Knives
78Wooden Mallard Duck
25Using a Cutting Wheel
79Cultural Views on Both Crafts
26Cutting straight lines freehand
80History of Whittling
27GOUGING AND FOLDING NATURAL LEATHER
81Tips for Whittling Wood
28Gouging
82Few Tips from Experts
29Folding
83Woods
30HOW TO THREAD A NEEDLE FOR STITCHING NATURAL LEATHER
84Basswood On The Working Table
31Saddle Stitch
85Which wood should I choose?
32COMPLETING SADDLE STITCH THROUGH BACKSTITCHING
86All about Knives
33NATURAL LEATHER HARDWARE: RIVETS
87How to Choose a Whittling Knife
34RINGS
88Maintaining Your Knives
35BUCKLES AND HOLDS
89Using a Handheld Sharpener
36Grommets
90Basic Cuts
37Among the first things you need to do is find out just how to get it sharp and also maintain it sharpness. Keep it polished to make sure that when you're working, it's not dragging in the leather and making it harder to manage.
91Holding the knife
38Natural leather is tanned with a range of oils and minerals, which can cause an accumulation on the knife and create rubbing when attempting to pull the swivel knife along the leather. By stropping the knife consistently with jeweler's rouge, you are brightening the blade to keep it working efficiently.
92Project 1: Christmas Tree
39The thing to note is that this is a fingertip-controlled device. When you're holding this device, what we teach to beginners is how to hold it; you hold it with just your fingertips. You position your forefinger right into the yoke with the very first knuckle and your thumb on one side. Your other fingers get on the opposite side. I have my ring finger on the side of the blade here. That's pretty much the grasp.
93Basic Whittling Process
40I let the side of my hand rest on the table or on the leather so that I obtain excellent equilibrium with it. You make the cuts by sticking just the corner of the blade right into the natural leather and drawing the knife in towards you. It gets its name, swivel knife because the body of the knife turns. That's what helps you in making nice, smooth, curving cuts. When you're making these swivel cuts, you do all of the revolving with your fingers that are along the side of the knife, and then you do all the lowering with the yoke, with the first finger that remains in the yoke.
94The Thumb Push Process
41I wish someone had told me that early, too. I've practiced a lot over the months, but if I’d had put in a lot of time and effort into practicing just how to use this tool properly, it sure would have made it a lot simpler. It would have made my projects better. It would have saved me a lot of frustration if I had practiced much more regularly on some scrap leather. Earlier leather instructors would have their trainees exercise swivel knife control as much as 30 minutes a day. After some experience, I understand why they began their trainees this way.
95Exactly How to Make Your Fir Tree
42If you’re not experienced enough, then work at it until you can make the knife cut the design it’s supposed to. The technique of holding a swivel knife is more important than the quality of the device itself. You have to invest time practicing.
96Project 2: Smiling Spirits
43Swivel Knife Maintenance
97Project 3: Chess Pawn
44Now let’s take an example of embossing an elephant picture:
98Project 4: Bonfire Fork
45Dyeing
99Project 5: Horse Chess Piece
46Using Antique Finishes
100Project 6: Egg
47Ending Up Natural Leather Edges
101Project 7: Mushroom
48What should be my first project/ which factors should I consider for my first project?
102Project 8: Wooden Spoon
49My First Project: Knife Sheath Explained
103Project 9: Forest Spirit
50Start the stitching by using two-needle saddle stitches. In saddle stitch, a needle is held in both the hands, and it passes each time you make a stitch. This creates a very strong stitch. Before we fold it, we give the welt loop area special attention and apply burnishing gum to the flesh side of the welt loop. Then buff it with a cloth and burnish it again to look cleaner and polished.
104Project 10: Wooden Boat
51Five skills you must know for leather crafting
105Project 11: Wizard
52Ergonomics for the Craft Expert
106Project 12: Hook Pendant
53Some Words of Wisdom from Pyrography Practitioners
107Project 13: Heart
54What's Pyrography? Brief History and Introduction
108Project 14: Birdie
