Leather Working

Leather wet forming, stitching, and dyeing

Stack of pink modeling clay discs on a wooden table with a cityscape photo partially visible at the edge of the image.

Building the mold

A layered chocolate ice cream cake with a white dome-shaped top.
A large, brown, spiral-shaped craft resembling a poop emoji, decorated with small colorful pins, sitting on a blue cutting mat with a pink measuring tape nearby, surrounded by various craft supplies and plush toys in the background.
Drawing of a woman wearing a handmade hat with a layered, rounded, orange-brown top. Sketches and measurements outline the hat's dimensions, materials, and construction details. The image includes notes about the hat's size, shape, and materials such as foam, leather, and wood rings, indicating it is a craft project.

Idea and spec process

Yellow plastic or rubber model of a watermelon with a zipper running from top to bottom, placed on a table with various toys and boxed dolls in the background.
A cake in the shape of a pile of poop with colored pins as decoration, on a work surface surrounded by craft supplies.

First attempt; Trying different stitches, wet molding, and airbrushing dye

A person's hand pinning brown fabric on a multi-layered foam head pattern on a blue cutting mat in a workspace.
A woman with curly brown hair wearing a white sleeveless dress and a large hat made of stacked bananas.
Person with long wavy hair wears a yellow hat designed to look like a large, spiral shell with visible stitches.
Woman in colorful, patterned clothing with a large yellow layered headpiece resembling a banana, sitting on the floor with a plain white background.