The first involves carving geometrical and ornamental patterns on the leather with a ballpoint stylus, and then cutting away the background to create a relief design with a knife. After applying coats of heavy, oily varnish the product is endowed with a high gloss. The second technique involves simply tracing the outline of the design on the leather.
他所採行的皮雕方式有兩種，一種是浮雕，譬如雕一隻雁子，先用鋼針把雁子的輪廓刻畫在牛皮上，接著把肉身部分的牛皮打鬆，填塞一些墊料，繃緊牛皮，再用木刻刀雕出整隻雁子；如果必要的話，還可以染上不同色彩，然後擦上透明皮漿，塗上亮光漆，就大功告成。