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Published: 2006-12-31 16:43:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 24391; Favourites: 394; Downloads: 102
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Cowhide, velvet. 9 inches across at top, 11 inches at bottom, 12 inches long. Unicorn in white hair-on-calf. One rose quartz cabochon (30mm by 40mm), one 5mm faceted garnet suspended from a vermeil bead. One interior pocket, velvet lining.Edit: *Future-Art-Magazine has included three of my deviations, including this one, in its 10th feature (August 2007) on "Unknown Artists"! Check it out here: [link] . This magazine is an excellent part of dA, so check it out often and give it your support if you like it!
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wow, what a nice comment, thankyou
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This is just amazing!! I really beautiful work very medieval and fantasial (english?).. I'll love to have one of these 
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Yes, I did try to give a medieval feel to it and the others in my gallery that are in the same series (dragon, Celtic knot, and Celtic cross). It and anything else in my gallery not done on commission are for sale. Thankyou for the compliment
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Wow, this is an amazing bag. I love the precise detail in the leather work. Very pretty.
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Thanks! Several years ago I decided my niche would be to focus on the detailing and I am flattered that you noticed them
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beautifully done, the quality of it looks superb
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Thankyou! I read on your journal that you're studying couture finishes, etc. I've put my own background in couture finishes to work on my leather. It's been very useful being able to put that into practice on something that's only just an accessory.
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yay congrats on the DD! It is so well deserved
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Thankyou! I am honored that you think so
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I just saw this on the front page as a DD. Congratulations!
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Thankyou! It was quite the bewildering surprise at first until that first morning cup of coffee kicked in
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wow...i wish i had the patience to attempt leather work like that...but alas..I'm stuck just admiring your beautiful work ^^
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ah, but I envy the skills you have in your genre and the ability to use a plasma cutter. I can't even imagine what it must be like to use tools like that, so I have to be content with honing my own skills and admiring the work of fellow artists like you from afar.
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plasma cutters scare me...but i use them anyways..even if i jump every time i strike an arc ^^ and then i get a horrible sunburn from using it.. >< so it has its consequences...i just envy people that have the time or commitment to hone one skill, i just kind of go all over the place and am rarely content with what i come up with...or when i am content, i never want to do it again...
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Hi, just letting you know that I featured this in my journal. If you want it removed just let me know.
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Thankyou very much for thinking of me
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How could I not? I love your work.
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wow, that's so flattering it makes me want to get my butt in gear and go through my inventory and see if anything hasn't been photographed yet. Thanks for being so inspiring
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Amazing work, I've never done leather so I've nothing useful to add really. Except I like the quilt like quality of the added on pieces and the difference in texture the stones give
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thanks! I don't normally use fabrics but for this series (there is a dragon, knot, and cross in my gallery as well) I used jewel-tone colors of velvet -- each one had a different colored velvet and each also had a different quilting pattern. There's just something magical about velvet and gemstones and it was exciting to plot out which colors and which gems to use in this series.
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I'm not big on religious motifs, but I really like the medieval banner feel the series has. I think you're right about the velvet and gemstones. Malachite, I didn't notice any, I think you need to sneak some of that in
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Oh, but I do have something with malachite on it. You can see it here: [link] But now that you've mentioned it, it might not be a bad idea to look into getting some more malachite cabs, thanks!
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Odd, the link isn't working.
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How strange. It worked fine last night when I made sure it was the right one, but now it isn't working for me either.
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thankyou, I am glad you think so
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This is gorgeous, I'm actually quite inspired to dig out my old leather working stuff!
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I have to tell you that after getting lost in your astounding gallery, that that is quite the compliment, thankyou!
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That's awesome I love your leatherwork and the design of the bag. good job.
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thankyou for the compliment -- I have a terrible head cold, but comments like this really help to relieve it a bit, truly
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I'm a huge fan of unicorns and my birthstone is garnet. I wish I could have something like this.
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thanks! I wanted to do a fantasy line and I've made 4 so far, including this one, a dragon, a Celtic knot, and a Celtic cross, and they're all in my gallery. The 5th one will be a fairy but I got sidetracked by other stuff, so she's still only just in my head and on paper. Anyway, they all have the same basic design and structure, but with different themes, colors, and gemstones. But then most all my leatherwork features stones, can't help it, it's too much fun coordinating them with the leather colors! There was a feature article just a few days ago on garnets, hope you saw it because it was very good.
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Well you do a wonderous job on these, you're very talented.
And sadly I haven't seen that feature article, I'll have to hunt that one down.
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well, here you go then: [link]
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no problem because luckily I remembered to fave it when I read it and that made it real handy to just grab the link.
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thanks, I'm glad you like it 
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this is absolutely amazing!! have you heard how you did in the contest yet?
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Thankyou
member @ *ArtisanCrafts
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Lol, that's funny. I entered this Unicorn and the Mandrake. I think the Unicorn was too safe in their eyes, and the Mandrake might have been too weird for them.
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i like the mandrake, its cute and it makes me laugh!
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well, that makes only you and me because so far I've gotten not much more than raised eyebrows, oh well. You've inspired me to dig up the sketches I have for the Mandrake series (the one in my gallery is #3) and put a collage of them in my scraps. They were drawn by and are real cute, especially #4. Thankyou, now I gotta get to work on that
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glad to be an inspiration!!
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I had to put the collage in my faves, not my scraps, because it isn't mine. Here's the link to it if you'd like to see it, it's really cute. Thanks again for motivating me to do that
member @ *ArtisanCraft
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