I had been watching leather craftspeople on Instagram and there is some much beautiful work out there. I keep getting drawn in to try new things. I have also been watching YouTube videos as well and it is amazing the amount of information people will share. Don Gonzales at dgsaddlery is one of those whos incredible work is an inspiration to learn new things, and he shares his knowledge and experience to make everyone better.
That said I started learning a bit about leather tooling. It is super relaxing and pushes me to be more patient. My first serious piece is a simple basket weave belt, but I also started working on hand tooling from dgsaddlery’s patterns.
I have also started looking at different tools and had to laser cut a testube rack to hold the tools. I also tested non traditional colors mixed with antiques.
tooling rack conversion 
