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Sometimes you just gotta make something simple as a material test.
Threw together this collar because I’ve been dissatisfied with my strap work. Needed to do a bit of practice and figuring out on making the edges a bit nicer.
Normally I’m happy to just leave the laser-cut edges on things I make. I try to put the hard work into the design, and keep the labor to a minimum. After all, there are plenty of other leather crafters who’re better than I’ll ever be at doing things like highly polished collars and straps. But as I’ve been doing more designs that require buckled connections, it’d be good to get more confident in the hand-made strap department.
Just finished up this lined leather collar! It’s got a gold base layer, which shows through the geometric filigree cut pattern in the top strap.
I tried one of these a few years ago, but for this one I updated the design with a heavier leather, and also made it easier to assemble.
1 inch base strap, total collar width is 2 inches. Made with 8 ounce vegetable-tanned strap leather, a heavy but soft garment leather for the lining, and nickel-plated D-ring, roller buckle and rivets.
This one does have a defect, where insufficiently dried black dye soaked through to the base strap along the edges. It’s not visible when it's worn, but I've lowered the price to account for this error. (It’s embarrassing when that sort of thing happens, but I guess I learned something about this new dye for the future.)
It’s available on my Etsy store!
Made another collar to continue testing out the process. An issue I had on the previous one was that my laser cutter is not large enough to cut the whole strap at once. But if I broke the top strap into multiple smaller pieces, I could get the necessary full length. So I tested out the idea by making a rainbow! Each color gets its own separate fragment of strap, and they all get attached down onto a sturdy base layer. I'm still working out the sizing though. The previous collar was smaller than I wanted, so I lengthened the straps a bit for this one. But without the extra layer of lining sewn in, this one ended up being rather longer than I'd wanted. So I guess I'll just have to make another one, oh woe is me. 2 layers of 8 oz vegetable-tanned leather, cut with the help of a laser, then dyed, finished and assembled by hand. Strap is 1.5" wide. This collar is available on my Etsy shop here. Also, everything on my Etsy shop is on sale for 20% off through 11/30! Get your black friday deals while they're hot!
You thought it was just a regular leather collar. Then you felt it start to drip, melting down your neck, becoming something very different. How far will it go? Will you be able to get it off when it's done? Will you want to?
This idea had been lodged in my brain for months, of a collar turning liquid and spreading down your neck. A trope I see all the time in furry art, and I thought needed to be made physical. (Though I’m not sure if this trope exists literally anywhere else.)
Made of two layers of 8 oz vegetable-tanned leather. Leather is cut with a laser cutter, then dyed, burnished, finished, and riveted together by hand. I burnished the edges super smooth and gave it a high-gloss finish to complete the look.
It’s available over on my Etsy store. And if you’d like this in another color, please hit me up! I’m excited to make more copies of this design.
Fancy padded collar! This one is an updated version of a previous geometric design of mine.
The main difference the commissioner wanted here was the D-ring with integrated O-ring. I hadn’t had a chance to use them before, they jingle in a really satisfying way.
The main difference on my end was splitting the top strap into two pieces, which let it fit into my laser cutter cleanly instead of needing weird workarounds. Also, bridging the D-ring with a small separate piece actually seems to work more cleanly than bending the top strap over it. (And I got to fix a lot of fit/size and material/finishing issues from the original one. The differences are hard to see, but trust me, it’s way better.)
Main straps are 9-10 oz vegetable-tanned leather, liner is 4 oz chrome-tanned leather. Strap details are laser-cut, then they get trimmed, dyed, burnished and finished by hand. Stitching is also all hand-done. Top strap is 1″ wide, total width 2″.
Pet rocks! I had these at my table at Anthro New England over the weekend. They always get a lot of attention and laughs. One with a pony play harness (that I failed to get photos of ahead of time) actually sold to one of my favorite kink artists!
These are available in my Etsy shop! And if they find homes, I can make some more!
Updated design for my lined collar! I think I'm finally getting the specs on this dialed in properly.
I'm putting it up on my Etsy for continuing sale! It'll be made-to-order generally, unless you happen to be the same size as this one was made to, in which case I can ship it immediately.
This collar is sure to get you melting too.
Made of leather! I shipped this one out to a customer this week.
Here it is on my Etsy! This one used a new purple dye that worked a lot better than the previous one I had, so I also updated the listing photos to reflect that.
Made a new dragon muzzle mask! I used a new green dye on this one, and for the first time I am Extremely pleased with it.
I've put it up on my Etsy! This one is available for immediate shipping, but as usual I can also do other color combinations made-to-order.
I put together a whole bunch of leather collars for ANE. This style was, unsurprisingly, everyone's favorite. Made 4 of them, sold them all. I still had enough spikes at home for one more though, so I figured I'd throw it up for sale while I wait by the mailbox for supplies.
Etsy link
Rainbow collar! This time a leather one!
This is one of the designs that I've switched to hand-cutting instead of doing it all with the laser. Less scorching on the edges, and faster! I have the laser lightly mark where the cuts will be, then I razor blade and trim it by hand.
I do still have the laser cut the holes that the rivets and buckles will go through, because it lets me do really fine-grained detail like having the rivet holes on the top straps be very slightly farther apart than on the base strap, so it forces the collar to curve the appropriate amount.
Available here!
Prototype strap-on harness! This has been in the works for Too Long, but it's finally done!
It's made for a friend, and we decided on this pattern with leg straps and elaborated-jock-strap style butt straps. Partly to make the whole piece super solid and unlikely to move around while in use. But also just for the aesthetics. I used a bunch of big O-rings, and went for double-layer straps on the main belt and leg straps. Plus, added in some extra D-rings where I could fit them, because you can't be a top all the time.
Made with vegetable-tanned leather and brass hardware. Every piece was measured, cut, beveled, burnished, wet-formed, oiled, conditioned, burnished again, and riveted together, all by hand.
I'm not sure if this sort of thing will make its way into my product offerings. But I do know that I want to make something similar for myself, and I have an Idea for an outfit that it would work with.
