Here are some photos of some of the other entries in this year’s TCAA Emerging Artists Exhibit. Congratulations to everyone on some fine work. DA Kabatoff: British Columbia Tad Knowles: Kiowa, CO Josh Chase: Havre, …
I was fortunate to be selected to exhibit a saddle in this year’s Traditional Cowboy Arts Association Emerging Artists show in Mesa, Arizona. The three day show was held in conjunction with the annual High …
I don’t usually travel much anymore since moving out of my former life’s work but January as been an exception. With all the work in the shop over the past year there hasn’t been much …
I have really been blessed with some great customers over the past year. It is not only fulfilling as well as challenging to work on the saddle projects I am asked to do but also …
It’s been some time since I updated the progress on the Sherman Loomis inspired 3B saddle I have been making. I just received the silver for the project this week and found time to install …
On September 5-6 we held our inaugural Idaho Saddlemaker’s Summit in Salmon, Idaho. The concept was to get together saddlemakers from the state into one location for the opportunity to get to know each other, …
This project is really turning into a lot of fun. In the last post I had just finished attaching the skirts and securing the rigging to the tree. I am now ready to move on …
Before I go any further on the development of this saddle I should show a picture of the saddle I am using as a model. Again this saddle was built by the Sherman Loomis Saddle …
I’ve been very interested in the saddles made in California during the 1800’s. Makers such as Visalia, Garcia, Loomis, and others from that period made some beautiful as well as very functional saddles for Vaqueros …
I have always felt that if I can become a better horseman then I could apply that skill set to become a better saddle maker. By this I mean that I could better understand the …
