Nantahala Crafts Pledge

• To offer the best items that we can make ourselves. All items are hand made by John and Patti. At this time they are the only employees.
• To offer for sale our handmade items at a fair price.
• To purchase supplies made in America, whenever possible.
• To offer fast efficient service within the time frame that hand making everything allows.
• To acknowledge every order whenever a means of replying is supplied by the customer. This will include an estimated time of delivery for all items ordered.
• “We” are Nantahala Crafts.
• To offer a place where you can be assured of a superior quality hand made item each time you order.
• To use resources wisely in the crafting of our goods.

Nantahala Crafts
John and Patti

---

Patti Page
     Patti has been working in the world of arts since she was 5 years old, when she wrote and illustrated her first book. By the time she was grown and in midlife she had won awards in various fields of artwork. She has been known to grab a paint brush, ink pen or a lump of clay. Now her attention has turned to the fascinating world of basketry." I took a beginners course from an experienced weaver in my home town and I was hooked."
     Several years and hundred of baskets have helped to hone her skills. Many of the baskets that Patti offers are her own original designs. All baskets are hand made by her from native and imported materials.

---

John Page
     John, being around leather most of his life, is a self taught leather crafter. He was born in the mountains of western North Carolina, but raised in Buford Georgia. Until the early 1970's, Buford was the "leather capitol of the world". A large portion of the population was employed by Bona Allen Incorporated. They had a huge leather facility spread over the town. "Going thru town you could smell the different leather processes, some good and some bad, but some of the finest leather work was created in these leather shops. Roy Rogers is reputed as having one of Bona Allen's saddles." John's first job as an adult was in a shoe and boot factory near the town. In 1996, John and Patti returned to the mountains of North Carolina. John now produces fine hand made leather items.
     John does all the work, other than preserving the leather, by hand. He cuts, bevels, dyes, puts a pattern on (when needed) all by hand. Even the sewing machine is hand operated. The only electric powered machine in the leather shop is used for burnishing, or sealing, the edges of the leather, a tedious process, done one item at a time. You will appreciate the attention to detail that John pursues in his leather objects.
"Automation is good for mass production but you get an individual when it's done by hand".