The Journal

Field notes from the project.

Shorter dispatches between chapters — filed from workshops, roadsides, and the editing bay.

Vol. 24 · Field Note

A morning in Fort Worth

Dawn light and the smell of neatsfoot oil. Ken opened the shop early to show us the finishing bench.

Vol. 23 · Dispatch

Letters from a spurmaker

The correspondence between two silversmiths who never met in person, only through the mail.

Vol. 22 · Studio

On editing quiet

Cutting the film in a way that leaves room for the sound of thread pulling through leather.

Vol. 21 · Interview

A rancher's Sunday

What one Wyoming outfit does the one day of the week they let themselves stop.