My formal training is in the Fine Arts, painting and sculpture, but I've always been a maker of things, someone who works with their hands...sewing, pottery, macrame, marbled paper, textile weaving , origami, paper mache', tie dye, wood carving, all that crafty stuff when I was a kid. The bags are an extension of that particular impulse to create, and my semi-obsession with fashion.

There is a certain classic style that I find very attractive, but it needs a modern edge to be relevant, and I've tried to make the bags in that way, like vintage pieces, outdoorsy things, but with a twist, for example, sewing them by hand, which gives a rustic aspect, or using real hardware, the kind of pieces actually used on boats or construction sites and farms. The materials I use function as inspiration through their texture, the colors, the character of the leathers. And even though I not a trend follower myself, I do pay attention to them and find them inspiring too, in fashion and in home decor.

My line of bags began as the solution for some very rustic, hand-woven fabrics I purchased....I just liked it and had to have it, but it took me a while to see what to do with it. That was 2007, and I made a bunch as gifts, and sold quite a few at a friends store. from that I tried other materials and developed other shapes, closures and sizes. One of the most important aspects of my bags is that they are made without the use of a sewing machine, all the work is done by hand. So far it is just myself but ultimately I would like to have a few women to help.

Really, I am still at the very beginning with this enterprise, though I have no doubts about it's success. Some of my bags have been featured on line, for instance in the on-line edition of the Wall Street Journal Magazine, last August, and Daily Candy this past April. Sure, the work is constant, but I like to work, for myself, and when I feel I'm contributing something of value and beauty to the world. This is the value of doing what you love, whether it makes you rich or not.