SKG Leather

I launched SKG Leather in 2017 out of a desire to reconnect with hand craft and create something lasting. After years of working in state-of-the-art garment and accessory production, I wanted to slow down and explore time-honored, ancient techniques.

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#marchmeetthemaker Day 10: Authentic Space • I have always worked out of my living space. My first workshop was in my parents’ dining room (thanks, mom and dad!) and over the years it has been recreated in many apartments’ dining roo
#marchmeetthemaker Day 9: Roughs/Mock Ups • I take prototyping (which I still call “muslin,” a holdover from fashion design training) very seriously. I rework, take apart, add, cut away until the prototype is just right. Prototyping
#marchmeetthemaker Day 8: Love To Make • I started this company because I truly love to make *all* of this stuff, but my current favorite is my triangle trays. They are so fun to make and so friggin’ CUTE when they’re finished! It&rs
#marchmeetthemaker Day 7: YOU • Some non-leathercraft facts about me, and corresponding pictures: . . 2: I’ve been a musician longer than I’ve been a textile artist. Throwback pic from my one (and I’m sure only) gig at #thegree
#marchmeetthemaker Day 6: Reducing Waste • I. SAVE. EVERYTHING. One of the reasons leather is my favorite material is that it can be utilized down to the teeniest tiniest scrap. The example shown here is my Confetti Clutch—the triangle app
#marchmeetthemaker Day 5: Close Up • A closeup view of one of my leather hides. I intentionally use hides that have a lot of character—range marks, scars, textural variations. Before it was in my hands, this hide lived a life and we should
#marchmeetthemaker Day 3: Time • I have always maintained another job alongside SKG Leather, so making good use of time is essential if I’m going to get anything done. Even though my processes are slow and old world, I love figuring out th
Hey, it’s #marchmeetthemaker ! Catching up and starting with Day 1 here: . Story: My background is in fashion design and patternmaking, in addition to a lifelong history of every type of textile craft I could get my hands on. My favorite class
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