The Road to Becoming a Leather Artisan | Episode 9

By the time I was about a year into my two-and-a-half-year bag-making course, I had to work on my graduation project while also thinking about my career after graduation.

I loved creating, so if I were to get a job, I wanted to be a skilled artisan at a manufacturer, not work in planning.

I think I was able to pour everything I’d learned over those two and a half years into my graduation project.

Looking back now, it’s an embarrassing piece with plenty of areas to critique, but I did receive the department’s technical award for my graduation project.

I was genuinely happy that my work was recognized, and I think it gave me the push I needed to realize, even after graduation, that I still wanted to be on the creating side of things.

So, the path I chose after graduation was to work at a bag manufacturer.

I got a job at a manufacturer my teacher recommended, and I was finally going to work as an artisan outside of school.

Back then, I was really eager to build a career as an artisan from that point on.

However, things didn’t go very well from there.

To be continued.