I am reluctant to take on prototype projects, but the challenge of carving a lion was just too much! [A lion's face does not have many swivel knive cuts and is tooling wise not easy.] I embossed the lion face slightly, but did not leave a plug in there, so the embossing is quite subtle.
Further more, the bag is for a Ram's Horn, like in the Old Testament, but it is not one used in a Jewish community - as in a Hispanic Protestant Church.
So, as with all my projects, I did quite a few practise pieces to see how things would work.
This paid off, because I got the best background dye around the lion's head with the new Pro Waterbased Stain! So all the veg tan leather was dyed with this new stain.
A little gold acrylic added a bit more prominence to the lettering.
["The Lion of the Tribe of Judah"]
I decided to use the same opening as for the Huarachi pouch, as it lies flat, but the challenge came in that there was now lining and padding inside the pouch as well and the bag was also stitched inside out and turned in.
And there it is - all done!
I just put a cow horn in there to show how the horn would go into the bag opening.
