This is my most detailed & colourful leather work to date:
the iPad case has the cover art from Slash’s latest solo album “Apocalyptic Love (Amazon)” on the front. Completely hand cut, stamped, carved & painted, this cover took many days to finish (not for sale).
Check out the gallery for some photos of the work in progress and the finished case:
Leather Carving - Work in Progress
This is the first step: I carved the outlines into the leather
Bevelled edges
Making the image stand out by bevelling the outlines
Detail view
This is a detailed view of the cuts. The scalpel shows you the scale of the photo.
Title Carving
I added the SLASH title but not the banner underneath. The smaller font would be too detailed to properly reproduce on leather.
Painting
I painted the leather using acrylic paints.
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love
The front cover is hand carved and painted using acrylic paint.
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - Back Cover
The back cover shows my maker stamp.
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - inside cover
The inside view with iPad 2 in place.
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love
Complete view of front cover
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love
The top view of the cover
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - inside top
the iPad is held in place by 2 leather corners and this leather piece at the top. This design does not rely on any rubber bands or parts that might fail after extensive use.
iPad Case: Leather corner
The corners are hand cut and designed to hold an iPad 2 or 3rd generation iPad. The lining has a snake skin texture (but is not snake skin!)
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - Close Up
Close up of the complete carving
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - T-Rex Skull Detail
Bottom part of the carving: detail view
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love detail
The front cover details. Every detail is added by hand. Even the strings are hand cut into the leather.
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - Faces Detail
Angel and Devil carvings painted with acrylic paint
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - Wings Detail
Detail view of the devil wings
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - Wings Detail
Detail view of the angel wings
iPad Case: Apocalyptic Love - Snake Detail
Detail view of the snake at the bottom of the logo (guitar pick added so you can see the scale)
Well, are these covers for sale, or is that more a personal hobby?
Hey Steffen. This one’s not for sale. I make and sell one-offs and custom ones for people who have an idea for a personalised case.
But I removed the shop link from this site because I’ll be travelling for a few months so I can’t accept any orders at the moment. It’ll be back up & running early next year.