Other Leather Items

It is possible to pyrograph on leather, too! As long as it's the special vegetable-tanned leather, so you don't poison yourself with chromium or arsenic fumes, that is.
There is a wide variety of leather items available, as well as the typical keyfobs that you'd expect. Purses are very popular, and come in a wide range of styles as well as the snap-top purses shown here.

These bookmarks were made for sale at the Phoenix Picnic and Halloween Festival.
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

This hairclip and bookmarks were made as a gift for Roedean School's 2005 Charity Auction, supporting the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Down’s Syndrome Association, and the Pioneer Homecare and Emergency Medical Service. I never expected the girls at Roedean to ask for dragons!
Victoria, the Charity Prefect, says : "Wow! Thank you so much! Everything looks fabulous!"

These comb cases were made for sale at the Phoenix Picnic and Halloween Festival.

These leather bookmarks and glasses-case were commissioned as gifts.
Paula says : "I love the eye glass case and book mark for Colin - they are just perfect, he will be very happy when he gets them as part of his Birthday present. He loves gardening and these will be something he would not be able to get from another source.
Mary's bookmark is lovely, thank you. She will love it, she loves birds and this will be something she will not be expecting. Everything you make is so lovely and being able to choose the designs means they are personal as well."

This pouch was commissioned to hold a luckpiece.

This leather bracelet with oak leaves and the Lady's triple-moon sign was made on commission. Rain says : "The bracelet is really nice, great pattern. Thanks"
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

These hairclips were commissioned to suit the interests of the wearers, with the Compass Rose and a shamanic owl totem.
Mike says : "Hairgrips are fine! Well done as usual."

These medicine pouches were made on commission as handfasting gifts.
Louisa says : "They're lovely! And the shading on the triquetras is very much like the shading on my tattoo of the same thing. Perfect :-) These medicine pouches are very special items for our magical journey together, something that we will keep for life - we're very pleased with the result and that such a helpful and friendly person made them for us!
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

These items were made for the Catweazle Fan Club.
Carol says : "They all look lovely. You have gone to so much trouble for something that by your standards is quite a little job and so I am really happy with what you have done for me. If only everyone was as consciencious and accommodating as you!"

These hairclips, with wooden pins, were made on commission.

This purse was made as a surprise.
Paula says ; I love the purse, I put it to use immediately. I love Wolves - thank you so much. I really love your work it is so beautiful and I really do mean that."

This "Pocket Altar" is the first of it's kind - a prototype of a new idea. It is already sold, to AutumnMoon, but more will be available at the Pagan Federation Conference, in September 2005.
AutumnMoon says : "It is so beautiful, when we go away I will now be able to take it with me and have an altar no matter where I am. A truly portable altar - what a great idea you had."
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

These hairgloves, which wrap around your ponytail, were specially made for myself and my sister by a leatherworker.

This leather wallet was made for my Dad, to match his glasses-case. It opens to show two large card-holder pockets, with two smaller pockets on them. Dad designed & made this case himself, with Mum doing the sewing.

This leather bracelet & keyfob with oak leaves and pentacles were made on commission.
AutumnMoon says : "Fantastic, they are so lovely thank you so much. The bracelet looks amazing and the fob is brilliant. I am so pleased with what you have done you captured what I wanted perfectly. I have never had anything made for me before - I just love what you have done. "

This Pocket Temple was made for a follower of the ancient Egyptian traditions, with a set of tokens representing the ancient Egyptian gods and Goddesses, the four Winds, and a special scarab symbol for Quintessence.
FireMage says : "all I can say is wow! That's amazing work! They are so detailed!! I knew you were good from the examples of your work on your site but I never realised just how good! I wouldn't change a thing! Thanks! Rather stunned by your skill,"
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

This leather purse was made on commission for Angie, at Angie's Cavies.
Angie says : "Tracey, I love it. Hope you realise I will have to order some more, you know. LOL! If you hadn't guessed, I LOVE IT! thanx"

These hairclips were made for sale at the Pagan Federation Conference, in Nov 2005, where Autumnlady from the Dragonswood discussion group has kindly offered to sell them for me.
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

This leather card-holder was made as a gift for my Father, to match his glasses-case and wallet.

This leather pass-holder was made for my great-aunt, whose initials are "RR". It opens to show two plastic-lined areas for a pass and photocard.

These purses are available exclusively via Bunny Creations.

This leather handbag was made for a guinea-pig lover, who runs the Dearne Cavy Rescue organisation.
Sherrilyn says "It's wonderful, very happy with it - it looks really good. "

This pouch was made to hold a set of runes, decorated with a forget-me-not design.
Claire says : "Beautiful!"
For more magical items like this, look on the Pagan & Magical page.

This purse and keyfob were made on commission.
Sheila says : "Goods safely received. I'm very pleased with the result. I've enjoyed my experience of commissioning, and may well be tempted to do it again before too long!"

These purses and bookmarks were made as commissions, for Christmas presents.

These glasses-cases were made as gifts for my parents, on the occasion of their Ruby Wedding.

I have also recently completed a fairly large leatherwork commission for a local businessman - 50 purses and 50 keyrings, all with his company logo, all identical. These were ordered as incentive "giveaways" for his best customers, and have been quite popular. Phew - I was glad to finish them, I must say, and I think I have his phone number off by heart now!

This purse was made to be given as a Christmas gift.
Cathy says : "It's just beautiful, and with my name on it, too! Thank you so much."

These cute purses were also made on commission, to be given as Christmas gifts. The designs were chosen to reflect the interests of the children, and each had a floral design and the child's name on the reverse.

This purse was ordered to be given as a birthday gift from a local shopkeeper to his wife. These snap-purses have proved very popular with men and women alike.

I revisited the dragon coinpurse design to make this one, for my sister's birthday. The leather this purse was made of reacted quite differently to heat, giving a far bolder result.

This glasses case was commissioned as a surprise gift for a lady, by her husband, who we did business with for some custom metalworking.
He says "She was so pleased! I had to work hard to convince her to actually use the case - she was afraid to damage such a lovely design."

I also made this hairclip for myself, from a scrap of test leather. It's a nice way of using scraps, as all you need is a shape with appropriately spaced holes, and a wooden stick - a pencil will do!

I made this glasses case for my beloved, Bill.
It was made from the photograph below, of our beautiful new Kawasaki VN1500 motorcycle - Bill's pride & joy!

I made this matching glasses case for myself, as a mate to the one above.

I made this purse just for myself, and I'm really pleased with it. I had such fun, getting the images and matching them to the text. And it seems to be a winner - I've had many comments on it, although it's getting a bit battered with age & use now.

These 16cm child's bracelets were made for a colleague, Simon's, daughters. Bracelets come in all shapes and sizes, for children and adults, and matching necklets are also available.

These are my first attempts at pyrography on leather. I was quite pleased with them.