Tree pattern is ready to be cut out of the leather and glued down. The various background panels are all covered in the leather now.

Paul is brushing on the bad smelling contact glue. Note the wide open door and the big fan in the window. This type of glue can make you very ill. Now we use a water based cement that has no toxic fumes. The tree base and the leather were both covered with the glue and when it dried the layers were pressed together for a strong bond.

Beverley is applying the acrylic paint with an air brush because the area was so large. This also allowed the texture of the leather to be brought out instead of covered up with streaks.

Final touch ups by Paul bring out the highlights in the leather.Using an airbrush allowed us to cover these large panels much more easily and the blending of tones was much more subtle than with a brush or swab..

Detail of the tree trunk panel against the eastern hills. There is some delicate tooling on the far hills that is meant to symbolize the vast areas of tall pines in the low rolling hills of the country.