Kia ora..! Nau mai, haremai…! That’s Hello and Welcome in Te Reo Māori the indigenous…
I have to work and probably so do you. But in trying to make a living, do you think we’ve lost touch with the idea of making things well? Is work just a means to an end? Have we lost touch with the idea of doing a job well for its own sake?
My friend Paul Foulds and I wrote a song together recently. It’s the least weird song I’ve ever written… just a get-down-and-dirty eight bar blues with Paul’s amazing guitar and singing.
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I’ll be speaking about Craft and Craftsmanship at AIONCON in December. My talk and a bunch of others will be available online. Stay tuned for more details including how to register.
If you’re going to get started with leatherwork, you need a stitching pony. I know, I know… it’s a weird name. But that’s what people call them because – I guess – you usually sit on it.
There’s a bunch of reasons why I got into leatherwork. I’ve talked about them a…
This is a good question. One of a bunch of questions that you’re probably wondering about if you want to start doing some leatherwork.
If you’d asked me five years ago whether I would be able to produce beautiful handmade leather MacBook sleeves, journal covers and wallets I would have laughed.
When you’re getting started with a craft like leatherwork you realise really quickly that a lot of it is about design and design thinking.