Hidecore Blog

TIME TO CATCH UP

2012-02-23T11:13:00.000-08:00

Can't believe this is the first post for 2012! We had a great Xmas Season..The iPad cases were/are a hit. Pictures above are of a huge Jewelry Case with Spanish Dungeon Weave.. fully lined with calf and suede..measured about two feet across by 18 inches front to back and 10 inches deep with two pull out compartments. The Bike seat we did for Brother Jeff a custom builder here in SoCal who's still getting the job done..nice two textured, fully laced.. black..simple. Got plenty of pix of recent work...will be posting more soon.

MORE iPAD CASE DESIGNS

2011-12-29T13:26:00.000-08:00

Happy to say the iPad cases were a big hit for Christmas. Thanks Everybody. Here are a two new designs...Filigree Cross and a DOD Skull. Also a pic of the interior of the iPad2 cases. We're still accepting orders for Festivus for the Rest of Us!!

NEW HIDECORE iPAD CASE

2011-11-23T17:01:00.000-08:00

ROYAL CROSS DESIGN

INNAMORATA DESIGN

60's SWING DESIGN

Hand Tooled iPad cases..available in 3 design patterns (see above). EMAIL US FOR INFO AND TO ORDER. ALLOW A WEEK + SHIPPING TIME. Payment thru PayPal available. Also NOW at MAXFIELD LA. As featured in the December issue of VOGUE magazine in the Gift Guide...Page 308

BROTHER STEVE'S ART

2011-10-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

Mary Ann's Brother Steve's artwork is being showcased over at Incubator 5066. A sight that give artists that aren't in the mainstream a place to have their artwork appreciated by everyone. Here's the link http://incubator5066.com/

LINK TO NEW KING BABY VIDEO...HIDECORE COLLABORATION FEATURED

2011-08-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

Follow this link to YouTube to check out the new video from Brother Mitchell at King Baby Studio...Hidecore is featured about half way thru http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teb_fXQAKZU
We're doing an accessories line of Agendas, Wallets and IPad cases Hidecore Leather and King Baby Silver..simply beautiful.
That's Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple in his latest incarnation Black Country Communion providing the music.
Enjoy!

FRISCO 60'S HAND TOOLED GUITAR CASE

2011-06-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

Here's a video of our latest creation...Guitar case commemorating our favorite bands playing in San Francisco during the Summer of Love... Beautiful chestnut sunburst.. Psychedelic font... Paisleys and Lotus flowers..Oh My...Pure Grooviness Baby!!

SEAT FOR BLACK BIKE WHEELS

2011-06-16T11:56:00.000-07:00

Just finished a seat for Black Bike Wheels.

SEATS REDEUX

2011-06-05T09:47:00.000-07:00

We're in the middle of making a couple more guitar cases...thought I'd re-post the SEATS video until we have some new pix to post

BASS W/CASE

2011-05-03T19:36:00.000-07:00

Lordy, Lordy I do like this one...We hand tooled a trippy cover for a Peavey Foundation Bass and then constructed a beautiful Traveling case to go along with it. Hand tooled Leather exterior with a padded interior lined with black calfskin and velvet.

SEAT

2011-03-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

Working on a very cool guitar case that I'll post soon...in the meantime here's a quick look at a seat we did for a customer.

NEW CASES

2011-02-09T21:34:00.000-08:00

If you find yourself in Vegas next week, stop by and visit Brother Mitchell from King Baby Studios at Project..we did a nice collection of hand tooled leather travel and jewelry cases adorned with his silver..

WAY ABOVE PAR

2011-01-14T18:12:00.000-08:00

Here are two pix of a really groovy Hand Tooled Custom Golf Bag..Done Hidecore Style with Skulls and Real Silver details. Think warm thoughts...Springs coming.

ASPHALT GODS

2010-12-12T17:40:00.000-08:00

Our friend Gabe's been busy...first the bike (did the seat) in this month's Biker mag..and the book on the Heathens...next up..we're all waiting for the documentary film.

JUST IN CASE

2010-11-17T09:01:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple shots of our latest travel case...Fully tooled with leather trim and corner guards with Brass hardware. Interior lined in Black Lamb. Also a shot of one of the displays of our leather work in Maxfield, our favorite store, in Los Angeles. Center stage is a 6 foot tall, all leather room divider with 3 dimensional skulls and crosses.

HUMIDOR

2010-11-11T07:26:00.000-08:00

We just got back from a trip to Los Angeles. Dropped off some new pieces at Maxfield including this humidor. We had a great trip catching up with friends like Mitchell at King Baby and Brother Gabe..finally got a look at his Heathens bike.

ALL HALLOWS' EVE

2010-10-24T16:22:00.000-07:00

Photos are from a Los Angeles Times article on "Macabre LA" a couple Halloweens back. First one is of a coffin with 3 dimensional Skull and skeleton, fully tooled and quite comfortable. Second is of a box with a Raven and Skulls tooled on the lid.

ROCK AND ROLL

2010-10-12T16:14:00.000-07:00

Two pictures of a guitar we did to help Brother Gabe commemorate his movie "Asphalt Gods". Along that same vein an original, early sixties poster by Gut Turk...hand colored, fresh from a telephone pole in the Haight....Party On!

TIME TO GET BUSY

2010-10-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

The Hermle 340-020 movement just arrived, what a beautiful piece of machinery. Here's a picture of the last clock we made with a similar movement. Time to start working on a new one.

AROUND THE SHOP

2010-09-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

We're busy working on new pieces for our private clients for Xmas and some pieces for Maxfield in Los Angeles..will have pix soon . Here's a picture of our skull buckle in silver and on a seat. For your pleasure here's one of our posters from the collection..this one of the famous Zig Zag man done by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse for a concert at the Avalon in 1966.

CLOSE-UPS OF SOME RECENT PIECES

2010-09-21T15:22:00.000-07:00

THE HIDECORE PERSPECTIVE

2010-09-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

MEAT AND POTATOES

2010-07-09T15:52:00.000-07:00

HIDECORE FOR KING BABY AT PROJECT SHOW

2010-02-18T06:06:00.000-08:00

A quick video of the display boxes we did for King Baby's booth at the Project Show this last week in Las Vegas. Always great to work with Mitchell.

Esquire Soho Penthouse

2009-12-16T13:46:00.001-08:00

Here's a picture of the "Chopper Chair" in the music studio of the Esquire Soho Penthouse. The story is in the January issue. The chair's designer Gene Gordon contacted us to do the leather work after seeing some of our pieces in Maxfield Los Angeles.

A MOVABLE FEAST

2009-12-16T12:30:00.000-08:00