I'm very pleased to be part of your little community of leather craft enthusiasts.
My name is Emanuel and I run a small side business, producing mainly small leather goods from wallets to bags, and lately more and more custom orders.
I started leather crafting about 2 years ago, with a cheapo chinese starting kit from Amazon and a sheet of very cheap leather sold for 7€/kg :D
I had in mind to build me a card wallet with dimensions i couldn't find on the market.
Well, short story from this point, there was a deep love to the material and the crafting by hand.
It ended in watching nearly every diy leather video on YouTube, reading books and improving my leatherwork.
I hope to improve my skills further, also with your experience and I'd like to give something back to the leather community.
Don't know if it's allowed to post links here, but you might find some my work on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/minga.made/
Hope to read you soon!
Emanuel
really like the tote/shopping bags on your page. especially how the handles can adjust with the buckles.
Hello Emmanuel,
Welcome here.
I just checked your IG (and started following you), and I gotta say, you make nice stuff! Also, you have a unique way of taking pics. From a "far away first look", it looks more like a Influencer's page with all the popping colors, really like the style of them.
@Emanuel | Minga Made Welcome to the forum Emanuel.
Thank you for joining us here. Yes, posting Instagram links is fine on the forum.
I really like your green canvas and brown leather bags by the way, nice combination.