Sunday, September 26, 2010

Beginnings

My name is Steve Dewey Coleman. I have, for the last couple of years, been cutting and stitching pieces of  leather into what I consider to be quality products people should have. Since I was a child, I have had a fascination with old cases, trunks, bags, packs, wallets, etc., that were as cool and interesting as whatever could be inside of them. Those 'carriers of things' became very important to me for some reason, and when my father, Neal, taught me a few things about tooling leather and hand-stitching I began to understand that dedication to this could turn into a real art form and expression of beauty. It wasn't until moving to Portland in 2006 that I became aware of just how many people shared my adoration of fine, practical, well made and  functional leather goods. So I decided to continue a craft that my father and his father before him had spent large portions of their lives devoted to the perfection of; hand made leather goods. I am proud to find that I have the capacity to continue something of a family tradition with these hands of mine.


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