ENJOY ALL HALLOW'S EVE.

All dressed up for the Masked Ball.

TWO MORE STUDENTS WIN AT DIXON'S

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH!

 Karen Pease & Chuck Brownewell Ribbon winners!!!!!! 

Both of these great students took my pouch workshop at Conner Prairie. 

It was a pleasure having you both in the class.

Karen Pease won with her pouch.

Chuck Brownewell won a ribbon with a pouch and Horn combo set.

I believe that brings to eight the number of students 

who have have won ribbons at Dixon's 

after taking my pouch class

If you haven't signed up for the workshop, don't delay. 
Classes fill up rapidly.
The workshop is October 6-12th.
Click on the link below to find out more about the classes offered and how to register.
http://www.connerprairie.org/Learn-And-Do/Programs/Arts-and-Arms-Making-Workshop.aspx

POKER ETCHED FLAP ON THIS POUCH

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Southern Pouch & Banded Horn Set

Ron Vail and I decided to combine our talents on this one!
 Having both been recognized as  top traditional craftsmen in America by
Early American Life magazine we thought, "let's do one together!"

This fine Southern pouch & horn set has a nice aged look. It is is one of those nice, plain early pouch sets that seems the more you look at it, the more character and charm it has. Banded Horn is hand carved to give the appearance of a turned horn of the period. I made the Pouch out of rough-out tanned cowhide and hand sewed it with waxed linen thread, Edge and top of flap has been hand pinked. Punched out design on flap add a home made look. Front of pouch bellows is sewn from three prieces of leather. Pouch is about 11" high and 10 1/2" wide. It has an inside pocket sewn to the back. Strap adjust with a brass buckle.

The handmade banded horn by Ron measures about 14 1/2" around the outside curve with a 2 3/4" diameter base. He hand filed five hand rings around it to replicate a turned southern banded horn. The front strap ring is connected to the horn with a copper band. Both stopper and base plug are hand carved.

SOLD

Two students who took my pouch making Workshop

Jeff Bibb & MaryEllen Pratt
 Both are doing fine work.
Jeff is making southern Appalacian pouches.
 MaryEllen is making pouches to compliment her husband Ian's fine rifleguns.
The Pouch making workshop is taught at Conner Prairie in October
During their Arms Making workshop.
Full information is posted below in another post. 
 

LOS ANGELES TIMES Article about my craft.

LOS ANGELES TIMES Article about my craft.

Some time back John Balzar, a Los Angeles Times staff writer, contacted the folks at the Kalamazoo Living History Show about writing an article on the art & craft of the American frontier and artists who practicing those crafts. Balzar then contacted me and we met at the show. Balzar also talked to several other artists about our craft that weekend. If you follow this link you can read that story.  http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/09/entertainment/ca-craft9

This article is copyrighted by the Los Angeles Times.

THREE HORSEMEN FRAKTUR

Ink and watercolor fraktur painting done on the inside of an antiqued book cover

SOLD

LEATHER ARTIST PORTFOLIO

St. Michael Pouch

This pouch features St. Michael slaying the Dragon 

on the pouch flap. the design has been "Poker etched"

 burnt in the leather with a hot iron.

Nice size pouch. Flap and pouch body has short fringe as a welt.

Bill Ruggie Pouch

Bill Ruggie sent me the wonderful horn

shown in the above photo and asked me

to make him a pouch that would go with it.

This is the finished pouch.

The scroll & leaf work on the pouch

matches the scrolls and leaf designs on the horn.

The pouch has a deer hair flap.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Curtain Lace Pouch with Leather Flap

 

Note that the strap has also been made from lace curtain material.

This pouch is made from an old lace curtain
that has been lined with linen fabric for strength. 

It also has a leather flap that has been "Poker etched" to show
an image of the King of England.

Old pouch Friday: Heart Shaped Pouch

Old Pouch Friday: Scalloped Flap with White Beads

Old Pouch Friday: Classic 64 square in pouch

This Rev War pouch is sized based on the classic 64 square inch pattern.
Colonial pouches were usually made no more than 8 inches by 8 inches.
(64 square inches).
It has a red wool binding on the flap which is held closed by a button.

I have been named one of the top traditional craftsmen in America

HERE IS A NEWS RELEASE

ON MY BEING NAMED A TOP CRAFTSMAN

Ken Scott selected as one of the top

200 traditional craftsmen in America 

by Early American Life Magazine.

Judges expert in museum-quality antiques

and fine, high-end reproductions recognize 

Scott’s art and craft to be some of the finest available.

Scott’s work was named in two categories,

Leather and Painted, Framed art.

The Directory of Traditional American Crafts is an honor bestowed on a handful of artisans who work in traditional media, styles, and crafts. This is the second time that he has been named one of the Top 200 Traditional Craftsmen in America by the magazine. The directory is also a buying guide, presenting a selection of the best historically informed handwork in America. His work can be seen in the August, 2011, issue.

An artist who has been selected for the Directory has had his or her work thoroughly evaluated by a panel of experts. Scott’s craft was selected from among hundreds of entries nationwide. His leather hunting pouches and American frontier fraktur paintings were rated for their quality workmanship, fidelity to period design and construction techniques by judges expert in museum-quality antiques and fine, high-end reproductions. Because Directory artists so accurately replicate the styles and techniques of historic work, they might be mistaken for antiques. To assure this high-quality work is appreciated for the true quality of its modern craftsmanship, the Directory requires all work to be hallmarked.

Scott’s work is well recognized and is owned by collectors and historical reenactors around the world. He made the shooting bag for Billie Bob Thornton (Davey Crockett) for the movie, The Alamo, as well as provided some other props that were used in the movie. Scott’s work has also been featured in videos, tv documentaries and numerous times in magazines and on their covers—Muzzle Blasts, Muzzleloader, as well as in the Dixie Gunworks Black Powder Annual and The Book of Buckskinning. 

Scott’s work can be seen on his website as well as his blogs.

Website: www.kenscottpouches.com

Blog: www.kenscottpouches.blogspot.com

Blog: www.americanfrontierart.blogspot.com

Also search: 

Google/Images for Ken Scott Pouches

Google/Images for Ken Scott Fraktur

Scott can be reached by email at: kenscottart@att.net

Friends

Ken Scott, Roger Cooper, Jim Dresslar & Ron Vail

at Jim's Place.

Old Pouch Friday: Heart Shaped Pouch

Here is a nice representation of a Heart Shaped Pouch made from calfskin. It is accompanied by an original horn. You can see good wear and repairs on the edge of the curved flap and along the stitching near the button closure. Note how the priming horn is hung from a leather thong. I hang most of the priming horns that I attach to a pouch in this manner. Pouch also features small game straps.

Old Pouch Friday: Deerskin Pouch with Leather Oak Leaf Appliqoe

Hershel House

Hershel wearing a Ken Scott pouch
at one of the past Arms Maker's Workshops at Conner Prairie.

Again, this year, as for many years in the past, I will be teaching at the ARTS & ARMS MAKING WORKSHOP at Conner Prairie.

This is a great opportunity to learn how I make a hunting pouch. By the end of this 2 1/2 day class, you should be able to walk out with a finished Hunting Pouch using my instruction. During the class, My teaching will include pattern development, applying the pattern to the leather, cutting the leather, sewing AND... How I antique a pouch and make it look old.

22nd Annual Arts & Arms Making Workshop 

October 8-14, 2011

OTHER FANTASTIC CLASSES (5 Day, 2 1/2 Day and Weekend)
ARE ALSO BEING HELD! 

CHECK OUT THE CONNER PRAIRIE WEBSITE
FOR INFORMATION ON ALL OF THEM. 

http://www.connerprairie.org/Learn-And-Do/Programs/Arts-And-Arms-5-day.aspx

The class size is limited and RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.

Call Conner Prairie at 317.776.6006 or 800.966.1836 or email info@connerprairie.org 

for more information about other demonstrations, classes and reservations.

Reserve your seat today!

Braintan Deer and Quill Work Pouch

Fowler Pouch

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN GAME BAGS

Linen Pouch with Beavertail Flap

The bag is made up of coarse linen, bark tan and vegetable tanned leather. The lower part of the flap is a beaver tail. The flap is fringed. The bag measures 7 inches wide by 12 inches deep. There is a small pouch for balls sewn inside the bag. An antique horn is attached to the bag straps. A carved measure is also attached to the straps. It is all hand sewn.

Old Pouch Friday: Ticking Pouch with Deerskin Flap

Old Pouch Friday: Fowler Pouch with Shot Snake

Old Pouch Friday: Small Day Bag

Old Pouch Friday: Bear Flap Pouch

Bear Flapped Pouch

In addition to the bear hair flap, this pouch features and original horn and a strap that is made out of an old blue and off white military belt with gold wire strands woven thru it. CIrca, 1820.

Old Pouch Friday:Horse Hair Flap Pouch

Happy Birthday, General!

The General

Ink, Watercolor and Pencil

on an antiqued book cover.

Old Pouch Frinday: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Pouch

This pouch was copied off an original, Circa 1815-1835. It is small approximately 8" x 6".

Cloth Pouch

This pouch is made from an old grain bag. It is typical of the cloth pouches that would have been used in the southern part of the Untied States. It has a metal button closure and several worn spots on the face of the pouch.  There is a simple plain horn attached to the strap.

Old pouch Friday: Classic Pouch

This pouch has incised lines on the vegetable tanned flap. the body of the pouch is flesh side out, giving a contrasting feel and appearance to the flap. the fringed welt adds a nice touch to the edge of the pouch as well as to the apron  over the top of the pouch. Brass buckle adjustment on the strap. Circa 1820-1935

Old Pouch Friday:Fur Trade pouch

This double pouch is typical of one that would have been used by a Rocky Mountain Trapper during the fur trade era. Circa 1815-1835. This pouch is made of deerskin, has short fringe as the bottom welt. Also features a leather cross applique attached with brass tacks. Front of pouch is patched with leather. A small bag ax is sheathed on the back.

Poker Etched Pouch

This pouch has a fraktur floral and heart design burnt into the flap. In Colonial America, this was often called "Poker Etching". A hot poker direct from the fire would be used to burn the design into wood or leather.