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Notes from the studio. Things made, things found, ideas explored, and the occasional project that turned out to be more involved than expected.

Wide landscape view of a matte black vintage Pfaff 145 industrial walking-foot sewing machine on a scarred butcher block bench, heavy linen thread spool, raking northern window light across patinated cast iron.
Wide landscape view of a matte black vintage Pfaff 145 industrial walking-foot sewing machine on a scarred butcher block bench, heavy linen thread spool, raking northern window light across patinated cast iron.
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It Got Serious When the Pfaff Arrived

On old machines, new ideas, and finally putting a name to all of it. A reflection on hauling eight hundred pounds of German steel across the high plains to build bags that outlive us.

Landscape architectural photography of salvaged mid-century drafting tables and walnut workbenches arranged with brass dividers and skiving knives in an airy industrial loft.
Landscape architectural photography of salvaged mid-century drafting tables and walnut workbenches arranged with brass dividers and skiving knives in an airy industrial loft.
Portrait detail shot of hand-burnished bridle leather edges resting against an aged brass anvil with hand tools in soft focus.
Portrait detail shot of hand-burnished bridle leather edges resting against an aged brass anvil with hand tools in soft focus.
Wide panoramic photograph of large studio glass windows framing the Denver skyline at late twilight, with warm interior halogen work lamps illuminating cutting mats.
Wide panoramic photograph of large studio glass windows framing the Denver skyline at late twilight, with warm interior halogen work lamps illuminating cutting mats.
Square close-up of a handmade round knife and bone folder on raw saddle leather, lit by sharp directional sunlight.
Square close-up of a handmade round knife and bone folder on raw saddle leather, lit by sharp directional sunlight.
Material Focus / 02

Temper, Grain, and Pull-Up

Studio Interiors / 01

Cast Iron & Salvaged Birch

Understanding how vegetable extracts and tallow create depth in full-grain hides destined for decades of honest patina.

Restoring industrial work surfaces rescued from shuttered factories across Colorado, creating tactile foundations for daily benchwork.

Bench Tools / 03

Edge Geometry

Field Notes / 04

Sharpening routines, bevel angles, and why the simplest edge creaser dictates the entire tactile profile of a piece.

Negative Space in the North Studio

Documenting how architectural volume and deliberate emptiness allow craft prototypes to resolve themselves before production begins.

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An evolving collection of projects, experiments, interesting finds, and the stories behind them.