The background tool is a punch-type leather-carving stamp, struck with a mallet, carrying a crosshatched, checkered or pebbled pattern on its head. It is used to matt down and texture the leather surrounding a carved design, darkening and flattening the uncarved ground so that the design standing above it reads with bolder relief and greater visual depth.
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Source Tandy Leather: Basic Tools for Beginning Leatherworkers by Jim Linnell
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Tandy Leather: Basic Tools for Beginning Leatherworkers by Jim Linnell
Tandy LeatherUsed In: Leather Crafting, Stamp descriptions
The purpose of background stamps are to matt down the leather in the openings to create the final depth and dimension, typically one of the last steps in the leather tooling sequence.
In Group: Leather Carving and Finishing Tools, Stamp descriptions
The purpose of background stamps are to matt down the leather in the openings to create the final depth and dimension, typically one of the last steps in the leather tooling sequence.
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