Monday, October 10, 2011

THE COSMIC LEATHER EMPORIUM. . . here we come!

 

Wow! This year sure wasn't what we thought it was going to be, but turns out, that's a good thing! Since moving to our dream home, an old dairy farm, we've renovated the original milking barn for our shop, which looks awesome by the way :)



It's the shop we've always wanted with the right amount of space and REAL workbenches to finally house all of the cool tools we've collected over the many years of doing our art, not to mention all of the leather! 



The milking barn was only a warm up for the BIG barn, and although we were itching to dive in to that, we knew we'd better get some leather work done first or we wouldn't have anything to renovate... 

Well, the Universe, as usual, was doing it's thing, and it knows how badly we've been dreaming of this, all of the conversations between the two of us over the years of what our dream place would be, every detail and then some!  It never fails to amaze us how the laws of attraction work, and it seems that the Universe was saying, "no, we're not going to wait to rebuild the barn.... we're going to do it right now!

On April 4th, a straight line wind came through and blew in the upper side of the BIG barn!




Saturday, January 22, 2011

My-Lee: Original Drawing

As you can see the main part of the drawing is completed. This is not done via the computer or photoshop. The old school way is a whole lot more gratifying because of the bond that is created while breaking the image apart section by section. I love getting in the zone when I draw.
It seems that the more I let go of the pencil the faster the lead is left on the paper. Everyone’s eye is different . . . this is how I see My-Lee. This is only the first step in the process.

Friday, January 21, 2011

My-Lee the White Tiger

We are so excited to finally be able to create My-Lee in leather. My- Lee lives at the Nashville Zoo and for years we've been visiting her. Her calm confident swagger is truly something to see as she moves about her habitat after awakening from a nap. For three years we took pictures of her before getting this one. We got this shot as she lifted her cool stare to the camera and snap!
For us, she's not only a beautiful subject but a symbol of confidence and focus...
making her an inspiring start to 2011!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Going out to the shop to package a bunch of Custom Cosmic Leather Bracelet orders.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Couple operates leather business with love


The title of this wonderful article says it best! We are so excited about our new home and workshop and are looking forward to sharing our journey on this blog. Hope you enjoy our story.