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Welcome to my workshop. These are not marketing articles or step-by-step tutorials. They are observations from the workbench—small glimpses into the materials, decisions and craftsmanship behind every Afro-Celtic Sporran. If you've ever wondered why leather behaves the way it does, why one hide is chosen over another, or what makes handcrafted work different, you'll find the answers here.
FROM MY SPORRANMAKING STUDIO 004
Launchpad countdown.
There is a time-worn habit I have…..
Monday mornings.
My ‘Pre-work week ritual’.
........Coffee.
Focus on the bespoke sporrans that must be crafted.
Note the priorities, specific styles, colours textures.
Plan the sequence, as three or four projects often overlap, so no tim...
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From My Sporran Leathercrafting Studio 003
Some hides refuse to be hurried.
This one has quietly sat on my rack for nearly half a year.
It’s a BLUE WILDEBEEST. -Not a particularly attractive buck, but the hide is rather special.
Those silver, dove and darker grey tones with striking lightening flash stripes on the shoulders. Its shades ch...
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From My Sporran Leathercrafting Studio 002
A Hide Never Tells the Whole Story.
This morning there's no finished sporran on the bench.
Instead, there's a beautifully marked piece of blesbok hide waiting for its future.
To most people it's simply leather. -With hair on it.
To me it's a conversation that hasn't happened yet.
T...
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From My Sporran Leathercrafting Studio 001
Monday begins where every bespoke sporran begins, -not with polished silver or finished leather, but with carefully chosen materials, trusted tools and decades of experience.
........With a cup of coffee.... It gives me time to think. ....Consider....
Every handcrafted Afro-Celtic Sporran start...
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