By Nick Pernokas

Ty’s primary products are boots.

When we speak of an “up and coming” artist, we usually think of a young person. That is an assumption that is not always true. Grandma Moses, for example, began her Read more

Long-time leatherwork instructor, Mike DeWitt, keeps his heritage craft alive and well in Oklahoma

By Lynn Ascrizzi

Michael DeWitt, at the workbench in his leather workshop, with saddle trees and stirrups in the background.

You never know where a Read more

By Johnny D. Boggs

Alan Bell with his 2017 Academy of Western Artists Will RogersBootmaker of the Year Award.

Some folks might think that Alan Bell picked the wrong profession. Instead of making custom cowboy boots, which Bell has Read more

The Reinventions of Tyler Beard

By Gene Fowler

“As a child,” wrote the late Tyler Beard in his 1999 book, Art of the Boot, “I had to be coaxed out of my Roy Rogers boots nightly.”

“He loved those Read more