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Ferric Leatherworks

@ferricfireheart.bsky.social

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-AnxDHD & Bipolar -30~ -Veterinary Assistant -I have 97 hobbies including fiber arts of all sorts, photography, TTRPGS, mixed media art, and finding more hobbies -Current hobby: Leatherwork -Beetle Bag Commissions: Closed -5 furbabies -🚫AI/NFT 🩷💜💙&💛🤍💜🖤

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · Aug 15

It’s finished!! I made a lot of improvements compared to my first go
Took just over 24 hours. Making a matching shoulder strap to go with it. Then it’s off to its new owner 😁

Pattern: @nilsbeardfoot.bsky.social

#leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #crafting #handmade #commission #beetle #sewing

A brown, 3 dimensional, handmade leather beetle bag. The beetle is styled after a Hercules beetle. The beetle is sitting on a black piece of granite

A brown leather beetle bag with it’s wings open to the camera, showing the dark brown interior

The belly of a brown beetle bag. Its legs flailed to the sides

Two beetle bags sitting next to each other. They are both looking towards the camera and displayed on a black granite slab. The beetle on the left is a lighter brown and the beetle on the right is dark brown

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 18h

💜

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 19h

Thank youuu!

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 21h

Made some buggy keychains. More of these to come

#leather #leathercraft #leatherwork #bugs #handmade #keychains

A handmade leather keychain. The keychain is red and has a praying mantis embossed into the surface

A handmade leather keychain. The keychain is dark brown and has a robotic looking centipede embossed into the surface

A handmade leather keychain. The keychain is black and has a wasp embossed into the surface

A handmade leather keychain. The keychain is a blue-purple and has an ant embossed into the surface

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 8d

Pattern: @nilsbeardfoot.bsky.social

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 8d

2nd beetle bag commission finished!!!

#leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #craft #craftsky #handmade #commission

A brown 3 dimensional leather beetle bag on a black granite slab. It is facing towards the camera and is based on the Hercules Beetle

A view of the inside of the same beetle bag, the wing panels open to the sides to give access

A view of the back of the same beetle bag with the wings closed

The same beetle bag in the sunlight being held in one hand for the camera

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 9d

The Egg joined me for a new dice bag

#cat #cats #help #funny #catsky

A black cat curled up on black leather fabric. Arguably, in the way of their human’s project

A black cat loafing on black leather fabric

Get swaddled!! The same black cat has now been wrapped up in the fabric

A black cat, looking sleepy haggard, sitting on a pile of black leather fabric

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 14d

Done with the wet forming and about one third through sewing

#leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #handmade #beetle #sewing #craftsky

All the pieces to a handmade leather beetle bag laid out on a black granite slab. The pieces have been wet formed and are now 3 dimensional

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 15d

Working on another beetle bag commission!

#leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #craftsky #handmade #commission

The top pieces of a leather beetle bag. These pieces are flat and light tan with border designs, lines for texture, and pock marks

All the pieces for a leather beetle bag displayed. These pieces are now dyed a light brown with dark brown borders

The same pieces as the last picture but the pieces are covered in a dark brown sludge

The same pieces as before without the sludge now. The pieces are now a darker brown with more pronounced tooling due to the antique

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 16d

They’re helping 😆

#cat #leather #leatherwork #distraction

Two brown tabby cats sitting on a tan piece of leather that is rolled out on top of a table

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 17d

Finished this a little bit ago. The pattern is called the “Vortex”

YT tutorial: youtu.be/A5lGrFgYDgE?...

#paracord #handmade #bracelet #pride #bi #nonbinary

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 18d

It’s a Cinnamon roll!

#cat #caturday #catsky

A close up of a tortoise shell cat’s face. The cat is laying with all their limbs tucked underneath them

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 18d

Awesome! Keep it up and show us 💜

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 18d

Both? I hammer leather stamps into cased leather. And thank you!!!

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 19d

Thank youuu! 😊 That makes my heart happy 💜

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 19d

Bug study

#leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #craftsky #crafting #bugs

A tan piece of leather. On the right side of the leather is a tooled 8 pointed star and in the middle is a wasp made of multiple different leather stamps

A tan piece of leather with two wasps tooled into it with many different stamps. There’s also a 8 pointed star stamped into the leather

A tan piece of leather with two ants stamped into it using many different stamping tools

Multiple pieces of leather with many different bugs stamped into them

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 20d

Packing up a beetle bag and Pepperjack decided he wanted to go too

#cat #funny

A top down picture of the inside of a box. There is a cat peeking out of the packing paper inside the box

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you for the feedback!

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 21d

Coming up with some critter borders for an upcoming beetle bag. What do you think? Which is your favorite?

#leather #leatherwork #leather #craft #handmade #critter #craft #help

A small piece of tan leather with a centipede like pattern stamped into it being held in a hand

A small piece of tan leather with a slightly different centipede like pattern stamped into it being held in a hand

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 23d

Starting another beetle comm!

Pattern: @nilsbeardfoot.bsky.social

#leather #leathercraft #leatherwork #handmade #crafting #smallbusiness

A bunch of light tan leather pieces in various states of being tooled. These pieces will come together to make a 3 dimensional beetle bag

The three belly pieces of the beetle bag having been tooled to have a pebbled texture with striations and pock marks

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 27d

Making a small personal project. This know pattern is called the Vortex

Tutorial by Weavers of Eternity: youtu.be/A5lGrFgYDgE?...

#paracord #handmade #edc #nonbinary #bi #bracelet

The start of making a bracelet. Seven strands are tied to a black middle core. The strands from top to bottom are: black, yellow, yellow, white, white, purple, and purple

Those seven strands from the previous picture are now knotted in a rotating knot down the bracelet to the middle of the bracelet

There are now thirteen strands attached to the core to transition from one pattern to the next. The new colors of strands being added are: dark pink x2, purple x2, and blue x2

The old pattern is now halted and the new colors are spiraling down the rest of the bracelet

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · 29d

Stayed near “The Star of India” ship while in San Diego for a conference. This sailing ship circumnavigated the world 21 times!!!

#SanDiego #sailingship #maritime #historical #travel #ocean #ship

Pictured is a three masted, iron sailing ship with string lights going up the masts and rigging

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · Sep 1

Chicago skyline

#photography #urban #skyline #Chicago #nighttime

A nighttime photo of the Chicago skyline from the water. The city is lit up with building lights

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · Aug 29

Want.

Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · Aug 28

Practicing geometrics with a new stamp. I think some of these will make good borders

#leather #leathercraft #leatherwork #craft #crafting #practice #handmade #geometric

Two strips of leather with multiple lines of different stamp combinations

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Ferric Leatherworks @ferricfireheart.bsky.social · Aug 27

Haven’t made anything with paracord in a hot minute. These are to hand out at a veterinary conference I’ll be attending soon. I’m very hype

#paracord #handmade #keychain #free #pawprint #gift

Two keychains being held in a hand. The keychains are made of a navy 550 paracord center with yellow and teal microcord cobra knots running down to a lanyard knot made from the navy paracord. The ends of the keychains have two tassels with teal pawprint beads attached

Pictured is a hank of navy 550 paracord, a spool of teal microcord, a spool of yellow microcord, two teal paw print beads, and a silver keyring