Artist: Mikiko Kory
Nashville, TN
www.etsy.com/shop/KBellumLeatherDesign
Mikiko moved to the United States from Japan in 2002 to teach Japanese. When one of her students wanted to trade leather working lessons for Japanese language classes, she said yes and began her journey into leather designing in Nashville, Indiana. She combines the best features of traditional Japanese aesthetic design and American artistic innovation to produce leather products that are beautiful and will last for years.