The Artisan’s Invisible Hours A while back, a woman wrote to me—a stranger from Connecticut—and asked if I could possibly rush a handmade leather bag

You already know what you don’t want. You’ve moved past the point where a recognizable logo adds anything to your life. What you’re looking for

A craftsman’s perspective on choosing bags that serve rather than merely decorate When a client sits down with me to discuss a commission, I rarely

I was watching a documentary recently about the evolution of NFL team uniforms—decades of iteration, the missteps into gaudy excess, the over-corrections into sterile minimalism,

The Paradox of Modern Affluence There’s a moment that happens, usually sometime in the second Zoom call with a client, where something shifts. A woman

Late one afternoon over a Zoom call, a client asked me something I’ll never forget. She was holding two bags I’d just completed—both the same

The Equation of Everyday Elegance: Matching Bag Dimensions to Body, Life, and Purpose Introduction: The Closet of Beautiful Mistakes She stands in her dressing room—a

As a crisp early autumn dusk arrived in Paonia, Colorado, I sat at my workbench, the scent of full-grain leather curling around me like a

The Art of Subtraction: How Your Quietest Outfit Makes the Loudest Statement There’s a particular hush that falls over a room when a woman walks

(Or, Why the Best Things in Life Can’t Be Rushed) There’s a moment in the life of every handmade leather bag when the artisan knows: this will