Indian Pigment Paints for leather?

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

I ordered some powdered pigment paint from crazy crow to paint on my war shirt. Is there any tutorials online on how to do it? I Want to do something like this:

with the black and I'm not sure if it was rubbed in chalky or painted on. I know rubbing it in plain tends to slowly flake off and I've seen that on originals too... Anyone ever done this before? I've tried to search for videos and tutorials on youtube and google but only turned up one video from the wandering bull...Any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

[Polecat_Tom]

Crazy Crow has instructions on their web site on how to use their paints.

 

[waksupi]

I apply acrylic paint wet, and a bit of liquid hide glue added in. Not much, just a smidge.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

Crazy Crow has instructions on their web site on how to use their paints.

Found it, thanks.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

I apply acrylic paint wet, and a bit of liquid hide glue added in. Not much, just a smidge.
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Wow! Those are museum quality! Those are beautiful!

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

Thanks for your help guys

 

[FlaminCrow]

I apply acrylic paint wet, and a bit of liquid hide glue added in. Not much, just a smidge.
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Beautiful work.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

I apply acrylic paint wet, and a bit of liquid hide glue added in. Not much, just a smidge.
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That quilled rosette is a level of detail I’ll never match. And all that beadwork….Wow! Makes the pre beaded rosette I ordered look child like. Truly beautiful! I won’t be using acrylic due to already ordering the powdered paints. Crazy crow has directions for mixing hide glue, water, or egg whites as well as rubbing the powder in dry so I guess I’ll have to experiment on scrap pieces.

 

[waksupi]

That quilled rosette is a level of detail I’ll never match. And all that beadwork….Wow! Makes the pre beaded rosette I ordered look child like. Truly beautiful! I won’t be using acrylic due to already ordering the powdered paints. Crazy crow has directions for mixing hide glue, water, or egg whites as well as rubbing the powder in dry so I guess I’ll have to experiment on scrap pieces.

The sleeve and shoulder strips were also quilled, with them trimmed with antique stock pony beads.
On the bib of the top shirt, I did rub the red ocher in dry.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

The sleeve and shoulder strips were also quilled, with them trimmed with antique stock pony beads.
On the bib of the top shirt, I did rub the red ocher in dry.

That must’ve taken forever! I got some old stock French pony beads, not sure what I’m going to do with them yet. Quilwork really amazes me. I need to practice it someday, you really mastered it. The red ocher looks like it’s held up pretty good.

 

[Moonshine Joe]

I have some grass-green earth paint, apparently from a copper or manganese deposit leaching into clay along an a river in SE Washington. I would bet it was a Nez Perce pigment, coming from the heart of their traditional territory (not current reservation though). Also some brick-red earth paint from between layers of basalt. I need to pulverize both into powder to make it appliable, then I can offer it for trade.
Not sure what value to assign such pigments. Suggestions, anyone?

 

[Jay Templin]

I’ve had my best success mixing the powdered earth pigments directly into hide glue. On this bag- copied from the 1615 painting of Eiakintomino in St. James Park- I used a bone blade dipped in the paint to draw the triangles, then filled them in by scraping the pigment across the triangles, sort of like squeegee-ing it into the buckskin. It seems to have held up pretty well- I’ve been carrying the bag since 2005- it’s on its 3rd strap.
Jay