10-26-2012, 02:39 PM
Thanks again for your kind words.. :-)
Martin the red dye is not natural though the leather is veg tanned, I tried to match the color with some natural Red dye samples that have and several red shoes in the Leather Museum in offenbach with due allowance for time as their 1500 years old, the promblem is more one of fading if these shoes had been displayed in a light protected environment a natural dye is probarbly a better way to go, but as the shoes dont get moved much selective fading seemed to be a issue for the life of the display which is supposed to be of fresh new shoes in a workshop.
More shoes Soon...
Martin the red dye is not natural though the leather is veg tanned, I tried to match the color with some natural Red dye samples that have and several red shoes in the Leather Museum in offenbach with due allowance for time as their 1500 years old, the promblem is more one of fading if these shoes had been displayed in a light protected environment a natural dye is probarbly a better way to go, but as the shoes dont get moved much selective fading seemed to be a issue for the life of the display which is supposed to be of fresh new shoes in a workshop.
More shoes Soon...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
