'Autodidact' was chosen because it captured my experience learning how to make leather objects. It was my curiosity that drove me towards the craft and an impulse to use my hands to make things. I thought it would be fun to teach myself and to begin by exploring the materials, and techniques, without any clear design goal. It didn't take long to stumble over some novel techniques, and to use them to make what became a range of bags. The bags are made from vegetable dyed cow hides and hand stitched around a steel rod. I've also used these techniques to design a range of bracelets, belts, other bags, footwear and even furniture, which I aim to make available shortly.