Faye Steiner-Woods returned from a trip to Brooklyn, New York, inspired — eager to prove quality doesn’t have to mean expensive when creativity is used as currency.
“I wanted to purchase this really expensive, $50 keychain, and it just seemed ridiculous,” Steiner-Woods laughed, recalling their impulse to buy — and the origins of a business venture, Red Hare Leather, that trinket would later manifest.
“I just looked at it over and over again,” they continued, describing how they studied the piece and its design. “I went to school for art, specifically printmaking. I really love any sort of craft or skill that requires using your hands and your brain — woodworking, painting, making all kinds of things, so it was pretty easy for me to look at it and see how it was constructed.”
“[I was more or less trying to understand] tips and tricks to make it look…