Leather Bricks Ring

I little while ago I made a “painting” out of paint sticks . . .

I really liked the look of the brick pattern I created and wanted to see if I could create something similar on a smaller scale. I’m not super good a fiddly small work so I went with a pretty hefty ring base.

The first thing I did was carefully measure the space in the ring and then start cutting little bits of leather cord to fit. Then I realized that was a completely unnecessary waste of time.

Instead I cut a piece of card to fit the ring:

Then I just laid the cord in the pattern I like and glued it down. . .

Then once the glue was dry, I just trimmed it the right size. Then I put a layer of resin over the top to keep it from getting dirty or wet and fitted it in the ring.

I like the ring but mostly I’m just glad I didn’t spend hours trying to fit little pieces into the ring rather than allowing myself to be messy then trimming to fit.

Love, Em.

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Leather Bricks Ring — 16 Comments

Abbi on January 21, 2013 at 8:48 am said:

I saw this ring in person yesterday and thought it looked awesome!! You rock.

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- craftycrapster on January 21, 2013 at 11:15 am said:
  
  Thanks for noticing
  
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Leah on January 21, 2013 at 9:19 am said:

Looks even better in person! Amazing ring!!

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- craftycrapster on January 21, 2013 at 11:15 am said:
  
  Thanks love, nice to see you last night.
  
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Sophie on January 21, 2013 at 10:57 am said:

Hello,this idea and the result looks amazing!!!

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- craftycrapster on January 21, 2013 at 11:14 am said:
  
  Thank you so very very much, so glad you liked it, its super easy you should give it a go.
  
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sharon raymond on January 21, 2013 at 5:49 pm said:

As a shoemaker, I clicked on your leather brick ring while on craftgawker, thinking it might make a great design element on the front of a flat shoe. After reading the tutorial I’m really excited about giving it a try. I have a stash of leather cord, so all I need is the resin. I think I’ll cut a space for the “brick” out of the front of the shoe, then cement the brick to the lining. I’ll send a photo if you like.

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sharon raymond on January 21, 2013 at 6:22 pm said:

As a shoemaker, I clicked on this ring because it seemed that this little brick would make a great design element on the toe area of a flat shoe! A space for it could be cut out of the upper leather, then this could be cemented to the lining. I’ve never worked with resin but I’ll give it a try, it could add a nice touch.

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- craftycrapster on January 21, 2013 at 8:28 pm said:
  
  I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see that, what a great idea.
  
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MOM on January 22, 2013 at 9:09 am said:

Speaking as a mother and an ex-crime writer I worry that the police will be able to track you down when you hit someone whilst wearing this ring and leave an indelible clue to your existence.
Otherwise this is very snazzy (let’s bring back some good old words) – and I also like the ‘painting’ or construction with the paint stix – it would look good on a wall and give texture to a room. As the ring gives texture to your delicate hand.

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Mardi Robyn on February 7, 2013 at 9:35 pm said:

I Love this idea! So cute and trendy!

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- craftycrapster on February 8, 2013 at 8:15 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, you’ve got to love dimensional magic
  
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Francesca on February 14, 2013 at 7:09 am said:

Gorgeous! Love the idea! I adore big rings and this one really makes a statement!

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- craftycrapster on February 14, 2013 at 10:16 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, I agree, I love big rings
  
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Maryse on February 14, 2013 at 8:43 am said:

So friggen…..awesome!!)

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- craftycrapster on February 14, 2013 at 10:15 am said:
  
  Thanks so very very much, I love trying out new things and that means they often completely fail so its great when one turns out.
  
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