Skyhorse at Safari Club International

This year at Safari Club International there will be a couple of new artists amongst the crowd.  Lisa and Loren Skyhorse are in the booth next to us and we are collaborating on several pieces. They are skilled leather artists that specialize in beautiful saddles.  Each of their saddles are custom made to meet the need of the horse and rider.  As artists who love working with their clients, we can really appreciate what the Skyhorses do for their clients.  A saddle is a very personal accessory to the equestrian sport.  It joins the horse with it’s rider and each time they unite it is important that this indispensable piece of equipment is well made and designed to represent the style and taste of the rider. Their saddles include intricate leather carving and silver accents.

As well as saddles, the Skyhorse’s do plenty of other projects with their leather work all the way from personal hand bags to architectural designs.  We have been talking with Lisa and Loren over the past few months and have come up with a collaborative idea for a rocking chair and some home decor. Make sure to come by and see it at this year’s Safari Club International show in Reno, Nevada, January 26th-29th.  Our booth number is 3302-3401.  We will also be displaying a beautiful saddle and saddle horse that we collaborated on in November of 2010.  We have a few photos of the saddle below.

Safari Club International 2011

Every year after all the holiday rush is over we start looking forward to our next project for Safari Club International in Reno, NV, Jan. 26th-29th.  We try and make our biggest pieces for this show because it is for people that are looking for big game. One of the tables we made for SCI sold to Wayne Newton.

This year we are making a 10′ alligator juniper table but we’re especially excited about this one because we are going with a deeper tone for the inlays.   There are going to be three main inlays that I really think are going to turn some heads.  The center piece of the whole table is this beautifully book-matched geode stone. When we have it put into the table it is going to span 16 inches!  We have an idea that we are going to do underneath this inlay.  That’s right, underneath! It will be a dual-layered inlay. Something we’ve never seen nor done before. The two outside inlays promise to be complimentary in beauty to the centerpiece. We’ll be posting pictures of the finished table in a week or two.

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Make sure to come by and see us in Reno! Our booth number is 3302,3401.