Painting Cow Newsletter – November 2007 - Learn Leathercraft

Painting Cow Newsletter – November 2007

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Painting Cow Newsletter – November 2007 is an archival newsletter from the late Paul Burnett centered around one of the most misunderstood topics in leathercraft: leather humidity and casing. Alongside announcements and updates from Painting Cow Studio, the issue includes a detailed instructional lesson explaining how moisture affects carving, tooling, shaping, and backgrounding.

Burnett walks through concepts such as quick casing, moisture balance between the grain and core of the leather, tooling sequences based on humidity levels, and how leather moisture impacts swivel knife cuts, beveling, modeling, and texturing. The issue also includes practical insights into camouflage tools, backgrounding techniques, and proper use of modeling spoons. While originally distributed as a newsletter, the instructional content remains highly relevant for leatherworkers today. As with other archival materials in this collection, the scans are presented largely as originally published and may contain minor imperfections.

This archival newsletter is made available in partnership with the family of the late Paul Burnett, helping preserve and share his instructional materials with a new generation of leatherworkers.

Materials provided for digitization courtesy of the Jim Shipley Collection.

  • Leatherworkers struggling with leather moisture and casing
  • Beginners learning tooling fundamentals
  • Intermediate leatherworkers refining carving consistency
  • Readers interested in historical leathercraft instruction and theory

  • Title: Painting Cow Newsletter – November 2007
  • Author: Paul Burnett
  • Format: Digital download (PDF)
  • Length: 10 pages
  • Includes: instructional tutorial, tooling demonstrations, archival newsletter content, studio updates
  • Topics Covered: leather humidity, casing leather, beveling, modeling spoons, backgrounding, tooling sequence, camouflage tools

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