Function shall determine form but this does not mean that the form need be without beauty. I specialize in leather crafts though I'm now exploring the realm of metal working as well. I make armor, fetish gear and leather garments.
Body armor is one of those odd niche topics that most folks know next to nothing about and typically don't care to think about. Honestly it's a dry topic, the physical properties of a given material and the confusing world of impact physics is hardly inspiring. Be this as it may it's a topic I've studied both in theory and through direct experimentation. I'm no great expert but I can tell you how to make a light weight material fit to stop pistol rounds using some old denim scraps and liberal amounts of epoxy as well as some other practical titbits for the DIY armorer.
So first, let's start with the material I obviously love so much: leathe
Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest....