Pinstriping - 1952 Ford Customline

Pinstriped yet another Ford Customline.. this is a 1952 model matte blac.. Pinstriping is a three colour, Dark Green (which was pretty diffecult to capture on photo), Sublime Green and Ivory, all 1-shot of course.

Pinstriping - 1953 Ford Customline

Jon Erik´s Ford Customline which I pinstriped last weekend..

Pinstriping - Cato´s V-Rod Muscle

Cato´s V-Rod Muscle which I pinstriped a few weeks ago and his cool dog.

Pinstriping Jon Erik´s matte blue 1953 Ford Customline, with three shades of blue on the hood and trunk.

Pinstriping - Harley V-Rod Muscle

Did a pinstriping yesterday on Cato´s Harley V-Rod Muscle "gas tank", even tho it´s not really a gas tank :-) The color combination is 1-shot Maroon red and Bright red.

Upholstery - Beastcycles

Roy Hammeren at Beast Cycles latest Night Rod custom build which I made a leather seat for..

Hicks Syndicate - Bobber

Sparkle vinyl seat by me, build and flake by Gert Eilerås (Hicks Syndicate), "rosemaling" by Unni Marie Lien and photo by Janne Molin, shot at the Norrtälje custom show last weekend.

Pinstriping & Gilding - The Pinball Bike

Vinyl - Bobber seat in Progress..

A seat I´m making for Gert´s custom bobber.. (in progress)

Leather Craft - Tommy´s chopper..

A leather seat for Tommy T´s chopper, built by CBP, Norway.

Leather Craft - Pin-Up Solo Seat

Leather Solo seat for the Pinball bike..

Gilding - "Little Bastard"

Kristians flaked Harley is done with clear..

Leather Craft - Tiller´s Guitar Strap

 Tiller´s guitar strap.. flames, blood and my Guild S-90..

Gilding & Lettering

More or less done with the outline and shadowing of the gold leaf on my friends Sportster gas tank..

For this one I used House of Kolor "Royal Blue" and "Process Blue". I dont think I´m going to use HOK much more again.. 1-shot enamel is more glossy, more pigment, it flows better, it doesn´t dry as fast and is a little cheaper.. :-)

Anyway, now it´s time for my friend Kristian Sabel to add the clear to make the flake pop..

Gold Leaf - Little Bastard

Started to put some blue variegated gold leaf on a Sportster gas tank for a Harley bobber.. With a little outlining, shadowing and clear to make the flake pop, I think it might be pretty cool :-) or what do you think? :-)

Chalkboard Sign at il moro

Wasting some quality time at my favourite coffee shop "il moro" in Oslo and the owner asked if I wanted to do a chalkboard sign.. haven´t been playing with chalk since the school days, but the owner was happy about it and then I guess I should be too.. the other side will be done when having the next coffee. Guess I should wear my "will work for coffee" sign...

Graphics..

Just trying to learn some photoshop graphic for sign inspiration..

Lettering sketch..

Just sketching some lettering ideas..

Lettering - Betty Boom Boom

Started to do some lettering on my friends shotgun.. "Betty Boom Boom" as the shotgun is from his grandmother Betty.. it´ll be the only gun I´ll ever spill some paint on..

Leather Craft - La Linea

 The "La Linea" Panhead bobber in progress which I made the Biltwell leather solo seat for.. soon to be ready on the road!

Leather Craft - Letterpress

Got a dresser with twelve drawers full of old letters and numbers, all made out of brass, all kinds of fonts and styles for an old letterpress.. experimenting on how to use them on leather with a home made press.. The drawback is that some "clown" tipped over the dresser and thousands of letters where mixed together, and it's a nightmare to sort them all again. At least I got something to do the next few months... Lots of oppertuneties for wallets, book covers, tank bibs etc..

Oslo Motor Show 2012

A few shots from our stand at Oslo Motor Show 2012 where me and Kristian Sabel had a corner on Biker Journalesn stand.. over 30.000 visitors over the weekend and there was a lot of interest for my leather work.. The photos below is taken by Kristian Tjessem.

Leather Craft - Tuck & Roll/French Seam

Finished a new leather solo seat today with a kind of tuck & roll with french seam..

Durkopp Adler 291

Beside painting it, It´s pretty cool to sew pinstriping motives... The machine easily sews a couple of layers of thick veg tanned leather and it´s great for upholstery work too.. Guess a little nerdy, but this is very exciting :-) Lots of new opportunities is opening up with this machine..

Leather Craft - Gillens New Chopper

Seat is all done and attached and the bike is ready for the road..

Leather Craft - Tank bib..

Rolf Arilds gas tank bib. (not a very good picture, but the only one I got)

Leather Craft - All done..

Leather Craft - Dragon seat update..