Nordic Raven and Golden Ratio inspired, handcrafted leather wallet, by Handcrafted Leather UK

Welcome to Handcrafted Leather UK.

I hope you like the new series of build videos I will be putting together for all future customers, showing their item coming to life. I also hope to be creating some how to, do and don't, and various equipment and tool videos in the next few months to help promote leather tooling and carving here in the UK, for students that attend my courses and those just wanting to find a hobby that is just so much fun, and therapeutic to do.

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A customer asked if I could put together a wallet for her husband on the occasion of their 3rd wedding anniversary, wouldn't you know it 3 years gets you leather! After some conversation, a loose design brief was created, something manly, incorporating his love of physics, possibly Celtic or Nordic inspired.

Well I came up with the idea to fully redesign a wallet based entirely around the Golden Ratio, 1.618. A dimension was found as the base measurement and every single adjustment from then on was multiplied by the ratio.

I wanted to make sure there were a lot of Fibonacci spirals worked within the design too, given that its directly proportional to the wallet itself and to all living things. So the scrolls looked great but needed to have a centre piece to frame, and I couldn't think of much more Nordic than a Raven, entwined with aged bronze scrolls and knots.

I have truly enjoyed creating this for you Chrissie and I hope your husband gets to see the effort and thought you put into the design and creation of this wonderful gift.Thank you for your support and custom, it honestly means everything to my small business and its future success.

Tool list:
Barry King stamps. https://www.barrykingtools.com

Leather Wranglers swivel knife https://leatherwranglers.com/shop

Leather from The Identity Store in Matlock, UK. https://identityleathercraft.com

Alpha 6 Corp textile paint, from Sabre Paints, UK. https://www.sabrepaints.co.uk/product...

Fiebings tan kote and antique paste.
Amy Roke thread

Thank you so much for watching the build, I hope you find it interesting and inspiring. I hope to make many more of these for all future commissions.