The Local Craftsman

19/09/2025

I’m looking forward to .times.festival tomorrow. I’m bring some stamps and little Polaroid sleeves for people to stamp and personalize. Attached are some pictures from a festival in kangaroo valley where I did the same thing.

07/06/2024

3 spots left!!!
So I’m a bit late in posting this but my leatherworking course in Bellingen at is selling out fast. If you have ever wanted to learn leatherworking then this is a great week long course covering all the basics.

22/05/2024

Made this pretty sweet looking motorcycle pannier. Hopefully the client will send me some photos and I can show you what it will look like on the bike 😊

That’s what the little back flap thing is for. It attaches to the bike and the bag attaches to it.

I made it out of full 2.8mm full grain cowhide from

05/05/2024

01/05/2024

Had an amazing time at over the weekend. So many amazing outfits and met so many cool people. Honestly wished I had taken more photos.

21/03/2022

A few classic card holders ready to go 👌🏼

12/03/2022

Since we got married Kathleen and I have been keeping our documents in crappy plastic sleeves, art tubes and always losing them. So I decided to make a nice leather cover for them so they are all in once place 😆

07/03/2022

How nice is this red leather 😍

15/02/2022

Does anyone want a barramundi leather wallet or bag ;)

Really cool way to use something that would otherwise be thrown away!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-02-12/barramundi-industry-turning-waste-into-fashion-and-fertilisers/100821578?fbclid=IwAR0M-4HmI1Bu22wrwop9jKfKLorMticLjBXgAW0f_xCMv1c7p9Djo3Ne4E4

The commercial barra industry is bringing to life some stylish options to increase sustainability and use every part of the fish.

13/02/2022

Found myself with a bit of spare time and a broken phone case so I decided to make myself a new one 😊
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
I weirdly think it’s one of the most optimistic Bible verses and one I need a daily reminder of 💪🏼
It’s made from a scrap piece of leather that I stitched directly onto a case a bought for another order that never happened.

28/01/2022

I think these tiny books were some of the first projects using leather that I sold at markets.

I hadn’t added them to my website or Etsy but after selling out at I thought why not 😊🤷🏼‍♂️

You can now buy them in both necklace and earring form at the cup bearer as well as online. Currently I only have them available in black, brown and n**e but I can make them in just about any colour you want by request. I can also personalise them or stamp them.

They are proper little books that open up and you can write on them. The covers are made from kangaroo leather and the hardware is sterling silver on the earings and copper on the necklaces.

25/01/2022

I love making these leather suspenders! You never know where they will end up, whether it’s for a specific outfit, for someone’s wedding day or maybe a present 🎁

I make them from all Aussie leather which has been tanned in Victoria along with the vintage brass buckles and clasps you get a rustic yet classic looking pair of suspenders.
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