Rod Boyes of Pinegroveleather will be visiting us at the Meet the Makers Market at Hebden Bridge Town Hall on October 5th, giving us all a chance to stroke and sniff his leathergoods (oo sorry got a bit carried away there).
Rod has been making and designing things for over 25 years, from cabinet making to educational software. He's also a keen musician and when his wife Lou made him a beautiful leather case for his harmonicas it led him towards leatherwork and his specialism in musical instrument cases. But he also makes notebook cases, ebook cases and many other small items, many made in a style influenced by 50s jukeboxes and American Western mythology that he calls "nouveau retro".
You can buy Rod's work from his website but you can smell it as well at Heartgallery in Hebden Bridge and Leeds Craft and Design Gallery . He'll also be at Great Northern Craft Fair the weekend after our market but he might be a bit tired...
Do you like these key rings?
Rod will be making them at the market. Choose your motif piece and you can have a go at trying the riveting machine under close supervision. See you there!
Thanks Sue! We at Pinegrove are looking forward to the festival and seeing what ideas others have cooked up. On our stand, visitors will be able to pick their own set of shapes from a big box and we'll rivet them together into the a key ring tassle. Ready made ones available now in Heart Gallery!
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