{"id":170,"date":"2017-01-24T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkviolet-turkey-445760.hostingersite.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2017-01-24T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T23:00:16","slug":"the-journey-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akweks.com\/auctions\/the-journey-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for joining me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog marks my return to leather craft after an absence of several years. And will contain everything from how to tips and build along tutorials to a resource directory that I hope will connect leather crafters with both the suppliers they need to make their products, and the customers who want to purchase them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>My Journey as a Leather Crafter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My journey began when I was a college sophomore back in \u201972, and wanted to make Christmas presents for my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akweksleather.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/al-blog_leather-smiths_scrn-shot-01.png?w=413&amp;h=231\" alt=\"al-blog_leather-smiths_scrn-shot-01.png\" class=\"wp-image-92\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the way I\u2019ve worked flea markets in Kentucky and Ohio; been a rare book restorer; taught leather craft in a federal prison; worked craft markets in Austria; explored the possibility of starting a leather craft company in Bangkok, Thailand; and, most recently, became the admin of a Facebook leather craft group with over 2700 members :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/LeatherSmiths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leather Smiths : Buy Sell Trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Akweks?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akweksleather.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/eagle-01_aguia_voando.jpg?w=277&amp;h=213\" alt=\"eagle-01_aguia_voando-\" class=\"wp-image-28\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In part, I chose akweks because, according to some of my extended family, I am part Mohawk through my maternal grandmother, and was born and raised near the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Regis_Mohawk_Reservation\">St Regis Mohawk Reservation<\/a>; also known as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akwesasne\">Akwesane Reservation&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In part, I chose akweks because I really like eagles. 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