Friday, January 29, 2016

#88

Cowhide and pigskin pouch with fabric lining, brass button & buckle; fringe added by request.  Folk art designs incised on leather flap.

 






Saturday, January 2, 2016

#87 - Haversack

Tin-clothed haversack; strap woven by Kris Polizzi.
 






 










#86 - 19th Annual Shandaken Biathlon First Prize Shot Pouch

This pouch is made from cowhide, hair on calfhide, and pig skin.  There is a simple geometric pattern tooled on the flap, which is lined with a gray pillow ticking, and an oval buckle. The pouch was made as a first place prize for the 19th Annual Shandaken Primitive Biathlon, an annual winter sporting event in the Catskill Mountains of New York, using snowshoes and black powder muzzle loading firearms. More information can be found here: http://www.shandakenprimitivebiathlon.net/






#85 - Open top pouch

Made from antique fabric, lined, with hemp cord strap and brass button.