Photo on Leather Plaque

[Brian Leavitt]

I've had this leather bound plaque sitting around for a while. One of our vendors sent it to us as a sample, though I can't remember which one. I's been sitting next to my computer because I didn't know what to do with it. Today I decided I'd see how it'd look engraved so I did this photo on it. It actually came out better than I had expected. Just thought I'd share...

[Bert Kemp]

Looks great Brian would guess its Veg Tan leather.

One of the girls that rides in the PGR with us saw a patch she liked and asked if I could do it on leather for her and she wanted Purple. Well this happened by accident, I dyed the leather purple and engraved it but I was really disappointed because the dark purple made the engraving barley visible and I was about to throw it away and start again with a lighter dye when I had a bright Idea to see if I could paint fill it. I always put 2 coats of leather sheen on before I engrave so I put some acrylic paint I had on it and wiped off the excess and the results surprised me. The was 3 oz (thin) Veg tanned leather dyed purple.
Kinky.jpgWhat do ya think? You could barley see the engraving till I painted it

[Brian Lamb]

I tried some leather the other day too.... I happen to do Weimaraner rescue, so tried an image from a card I had gotten....

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[Bert Kemp]

WOW! that came out awesome.

I tried some leather the other day too.... I happen to do Weimaraner rescue, so tried an image from a card I had gotten....

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[Chris DeGerolamo]

Those all look pretty good. One thing I have found to make a big difference, much like on glass, run the art at 80% black instead of 100% and you'll get finer details.

[Brian Lamb]

Hi Bert,

I was rather impressed too, but I have to say, the artist that made the cards is incredible. I was able to scan and then just print as is. So far I have not had as good of luck with converting photographs to engrave.

[Bert Kemp]

Do you us Universals 1 touch photo software?

Hi Bert,

I was rather impressed too, but I have to say, the artist that made the cards is incredible. I was able to scan and then just print as is. So far I have not had as good of luck with converting photographs to engrave.

[Ruben Salcedo]

I've had this leather bound plaque sitting around for a while. One of our vendors sent it to us as a sample, though I can't remember which one. I's been sitting next to my computer because I didn't know what to do with it. Today I decided I'd see how it'd look engraved so I did this photo on it. It actually came out better than I had expected. Just thought I'd share...

Nice Job, that looks like the JDS plaque made of faux leather, what software did you use to dither the final image?

[Brian Lamb]

Have not tried the Universal Laser One-Touch software, read about it on their website, but haven't taken the plunge yet. Do you, or anyone else reading this use it and have anything to say about it? If it could speed up the trial and error I'm running into now, it might be worth it.

[Roger Lueck]

Bert, what "leather sheen" did you use before you engraved the leather?

[Bert Kemp]

Its Called leather Sheen from Tandy I've also seen it on ebay and amazon

Bert, what "leather sheen" did you use before you engraved the leather?

[Chris DeGerolamo]

Its Called leather Sheen from Tandy I've also seen it on ebay and amazon

or Mop n Glo

[Bert Kemp]

mop and glo will harden crack when flexed

[Brian Leavitt]

I've always used PhotoGrav for images, Ruben. I don't do them very often. PhotoGrav with manual settings is how I go.

[Michele Welch]

Wow, I'm so jealous of all these great results. I can't, for the life of me, get a photograph to come out that great. I've used all the work arounds through Photoshop and Illy, and I can't afford Photograv. I want to do photos, but just seem to have a mental block when it comes to getting them right.

These photos on this thread are just amazing - great job.