
Corinne Bourget makes things by hand. She trained in Melbourne and has spent the years since proving that making things well takes as long as it takes.

Shifting gears for Volume 02, from the workshop to the trail.

Jules Symons did not plan to become a bootmaker. She came to it the way a lot of the best things happen — sideways, through curiosity.

Before the leather is even cut, the boot has to work on paper.

Building a domestic supply chain for leather goods is not a straightforward thing to do in Canada. The knowledge exists, but it doesn’t sit in one place.

An archive is not a storage place. It’s a living record of what was worth keeping, added to over time by the things that proved themselves through use.



