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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".
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