From time to time, Cary offers instruction in saddlemaking. Most of these opportunities have come via the TCAA Scholarship Program. These usually consist of a five day program where the student watches as a saddle comes together.

Also offered are flower-stamping classes for intermediate to advanced craftsmen. These opportunities consist of two to three days each. Roughly half of the class time is devoted to designing on paper and the other half executing designs in leather. Cary spends a good bit of time demonstrating design techniques as well as execution.

Cary believes that much of our success as craftsmen depends upon our attitudes toward the process of designing and producing great work. Students are given instructional tools that will enable them to enhance their skills of observation, utilizing a rhythm of self-critique. There is always plenty of discussion about how we might shape our minds in order to produce the kind of work that we would like to be known for. He incorporates solid design principles focusing on composition, balance, value and variety; borrowing from ideas that have been around for hundreds of years within the art world.

Please Contact Cary for more information on upcoming educational programs.

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