Leather carving lantern

Author: Wen Tian Handmade Today is the annual Lantern Festival. In response to the occasion, I would like to share a tutorial on how to make leather-carved palace lanterns.

By layout Cut the leather larger than the pattern to facilitate fine cutting

Fine cutting, cut out all the parts that do not need to be engraved. First, cut the skeleton part. This structure requires double-sided pasting.

Skeleton structure suggestions Cut out one side first

Then attach the other half and cut it.

Precise cutting After that, polish

Cutting edges

Then punch the hole

Punching completed

Color and polish

Complete other structures in the order of the pictures

Make lantern The middle pillar.

Sewing as shown.

The carving process of the lamp surface: rubbing and engraving lines

Print beat

Background color

Apply vintage oil dye.

Engraving completed Finally, precise cutting.

After cutting the single piece and sewing it, pull the thread Don't be too tight

All single pieces are sewn.

Start assembly. Before assembling, make a trial version and fix it with three pins as shown in the picture

After confirming that there is no problem, thread the needle with about 160 cm of wax thread, and carefully bend the needle. Not easy to pierce the skin.

Click on the icon Steps for sewing.

Sew to the end, tighten the stitches as shown in the figure, and hide the knots inside

Then, follow this method to sew the remaining single piece, and finally a sphere.

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After sewing here, you are mostly done

Assemble the main body and the middle lamp post, first position the seam The method is the same.

Use the same method to complete one circle. The other end is the same. Your hands hurt during the sewing process, so hold on.

Because there is no support in the middle of the cylinder, a piece of round leather needs to be sewn to reinforce it.

There are four pieces in total at both ends, sewed in the same way.

Just put the decorative spacer in, no need to sew and fix it. This is it. , victory is in sight.

Make the tassels at the bottom of the lantern. Check the method online.

Attach the tassel to the bottom closure structure.

Fix as shown. Then install the sealing structure.

Victory.

Large picture of the finished product.

Leather carving