Current Project

Currently working on a handmade bag collection. Using Wicket and Craig Leather, silver hardware and tiger thread. I make it all myself, pattern making, prototypes, cutting, edge finishing and hand sewing.

Handmade Collection 1

First Hand cut and sewn bag collection. Made with Wicket and Craig leather and ritza tiger thread. It is also lined with the same type of leather but a different color in 5/6 bags, also burnished and waxed by hand.

COsmetic Duffle

Long Day Tote

Crossbody Xx

FRANKS TOTE

Franks Tote came from a question I was asked in school most would see as just an icebreaker and nothing more: What would you be if you weren’t in design or fashion? Although for me this question made me really imagine what id be doing if i went down the other route. I always thought I’d be in science though not the clean, clinical kind. I imagine the mad scientist type. Something closer to Frankenstein. I’ve always been fascinated by what happens when two different things collide and create something unexpected—like birds that clean alligator teeth and not be mauled, or elements that react in strange, beautiful ways like solid sodium and water.

That curiosity is what shaped this piece. I designed the pattern myself, hand-cut every panel, and stitched it entirely by hand. The stone-oiled leather and silver-toned nickel hardware give it structure, but the form itself is an experiment: a tote fused with the spirit of a bucket bag. Two silhouettes, brought together and made into something different.

For me, this bag is a small study in interaction and transformation. A design rooted in curiosity, science, and chaos.

Colsenkeane LeatherWork Experience

During my time as an artisan at Colsenkeane Leather, I had the opportunity to work hands-on crafting leather bags using both traditional hand tools and select machinery. It was more than just making, it was about understanding leather as a unique material and how you must approach design with the understanding of how leather behaves. I learned that each leather has a different personality and they want to work in certain ways, this causes me to have a more refined approach to design as I believe you must deeply understand your material before deciding how to apply it. How it stretches, holds shape, softens, or resists, and how those traits affect every bag, belt, wallet and every other piece.

Working with vegetable-tanned leather improved me patience and precision it’s a leather that starts stiff and pale but develops a rich patina over time. I believe leather is not for the fast fashion in todays world, when using leather you have to think about how it will age in color and structure not just for the next few months but for years to come.

This internship laid the foundation of how I approach leatherwork today, and I thank the skilled leatherworkers and friends at Colsenkeane for educating me.