#bigcatdencrafts

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Another order complete~

Time to get some proper photos of these beauties and send them on their way to their new home.

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Aged flowering vines weave along the topstrap, their leaves antiqued w/ time. Beneath sits a dark brown backstrap, its face scarred from times gone past. A soft handstitched leather liner cushions the neck while worn. Vintage personality meets modern comforts~ Personal piece from 2019

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Naturepunk Punchwork Collar

Punchwork diamonds and triangles are patterned with brass spikes along a honey yellow top strap, bordered by a mahogany back strap, tan thread, solid brass hardware, & a hunter green liner.

This collar is very much one of my favorites & I'm so glad it found a home 💚🌿

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Black & Brass Spiked Punchwork Set

Brass spikes, black leather, and precise punchwork. A fine combination of delicate finesse and classic punk. These pieces are from back in late 2020, and were the first spiked punchwork set I'd made that set off the desire for oh so many more to come~

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Braided turquoise brings a bright pop of color against cool purple back straps, both accented by white stitch lines & rolled leather lining. This was an Anthro Expo 2020 commission & I still love the results. Their unofficial name during creation were the wildberry poptart cuffs :p

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Dragonscale Tome Journal Covers

These ancient tomes may hold undiscovered history behind their gilded dragon-scale covers & elegant borders, precious biographies of legendary adventurers & their deeds in distant lands...or maybe even salacious drawings that'd make your gran blush, it honestly just depends!

Pieces are from back in early 2022 and have found homes already.

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Shining Collar

All work and no play makes Big Cat a dull kitty... Inspired by the iconic Overlook Hotel's carpet choice, this collar's meticulously hand-tooled & painted pattern is the door buster you can't live without~

Piece made & sold in early-mid 2022

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what’s your storefront / do you have one?

While I dont have an official storefront yet, I do have a gallery site currently at https://www.bigcatdencrafts.com/ for a view of most all previous works. It's still very much being caught up on as I'm about a year or so behind on getting stuff posted.

You can also find me at at the below locations: BlueSky (most up to date, migrating to from Twitter) Twitter (most up to date, while it continues to exist) CoHost Twitch FurAffinity Weasyl

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Hello! Where did you get your leather punches? (The ones in the shape of a heart/triangle/tear drop.)

Oh gosh, that was so long ago lol. I'm pretty sure I got the heart and tear drop punch tools at a Joann's Fabric in their meager leatherwork section, and the triangle one was part of a set I bought off amazon and the listing disappeared practically a month after I got em. It looks like Springfield Leather Co has some options

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oh y'all really liked that harness~ <3

There'll be more to come in the future for sure

but for real I'm very happy y'all enjoy it, means a lot ;; <3

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Current Sitrep & Commission Status

Hey everyone! Hope you've been doing well this year

despite everything

I say this a lot, but with the whole social media shakeup going on this year, I actually plan on getting the gallery back up to date with pieces. There's a year's worth of backlog in collars, journal covers, and now even harnesses burning a hole in my camera's SD card and it's all too obvious that I need to get back to work on clearing that out. I dont know how fast I'm going to work through it all, but it will happen as it has to happen. Hoping to manage around one submission a week as a minimum goal cuz executive disfunction is the true bane of my existence.

Aside from that, wanted to give a quick note about current commission status and the next potential openings! After the current two pieces are complete, I'll be halfway through the custom orders I received from vending at FWA. What an absolutely incredible con, holy hell y'all 💚 much love to everyone who stopped by to say hey, check out the wares, and even take some home with them. I can never describe just how much it means to have y'alls' support, it's truly breathtaking. If current speed and progress continues as it is, I should be wrapping up sometime early-mid August and able to open up for commissions either later that month or the beginning of September. So keep an eye out!

Speaking of FWA, I've got some leftover stock from this years con gauntlet and am looking to hopefully post a few of them up for grabs at some point. This is something that I wanted to do soon after FWA was over, but due to my 3.5yr streak of never catching covid unfortunately ending there…. it caused some serious delays in all departments (I've recovered thankfully and seem to have skirted past major issues, thank the gods. Get vaxxed and keep wearing masks in heavily crowded spaces, y'all, it unfortunately isn't over). At the very least, I'm wanting to get some of the leftover pieces posted for sale, but otherwise will begin starting on rebuilding my stock for next year's con season alongside custom orders.

Anyways, hope you all stay safe, do well, sleep well, and let's make some beautiful leatherwork 💚

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The OG Bracelet

The one that started it all. This was the first ever bracelet that I made out of a premade blank years ago back in 2016. It's still an absolute favorite of mine after all this time, and I learned a Lot from it immediately. It normally sits somewhere on my desk or workbench where I can see it. Still wear it on the occasion as well cuz hell yeah~

oh how things have changed since then 💚

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It may be dated, but I'm still pleased with how this long wallet turned out back in 2019, especially with it being my first attempt at making a wallet. The cover design was done using stamp tools and a swivel knife, and the card sleeves were all handcut & sewn together. While it doesn't get any use nowadays, it does still like to sit pretty on my shelf.

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A selection of bracelets I've made in the past. Really enjoy doing the punchwork designs, and getting to add stones/beads is always fun too. From first to last: calcite/yellow onyx, lapis lazuli, and jasper (i believe from Mexico? Cant remember). Middle bracelet is based off a photo of a cool mandala sculpture on the side of a barn. Last one is my Centennial design; while not the original iteration of the punchwork, the first bracelet I'd made with it had 100 diamonds punched into the strap.