Being somewhat retired from doing product design and creating museum exhibits, I have returned to my artisan side. As a scrimshaw artist for the past 40 years, I have done scrimshaw artwork on various materials, including a number of powder horns. But as the powder horn is often paired with a pouch, I have developed a passion for the various styles of pouches and the art of leatherwork.

When my Mom & Sister discovered that our family had two separate DAR lines (one from northern NJ and the other from southern VA ), I became more interested in the creation of 18th & 19th-century style powder horns and pouches. Since Kansas is not noted for a great number of black powder artisans, I decided to become members of both the Contemporary Longrifle Association and the Honorable Company of Horners so that I would be exposed to other artists in these crafts.  

In 2019, I was selected to be part of the "New and Aspiring Artists" display at the Contemporary Longrifle Association show in Lexington, KY.