I moved to Guatemala in 2020 (where I now reside part-time) to work directly with the women of these communities to build a small platform that could help provide a consistent stream of much needed income. During that time I also began studying leatherwork, as I had been designing handbags for some time and I was eager to bring my passions of leatherwork and textiles together. I traveled through rural villages in Guatemala and found individual leather artists willing to collaborate on the same v