Back of the Napkin
The official blog for A. M. Aiken's founder (thinking quite big as he creates this), initially a place for him (Aaron) to put his thoughts and ideas as they relate to the various goods he makes...but will likely morph into what it needs to be as time passes. These are the scraps laying around his workshop, desk, suit coat pockets, and so on. Unpredictable things await.
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ideas

Iā€™ve had the passing idea over the course of the past 4 or so years that it would be cool to have a camera setup to record me working and then I publish that somewhere. I listen to a lot of dj type music while I work, maybe have that tied to the published video somehow. Just an idea. Maybe a crazy weird one.Ā  the Strathmere clubThe Strathmere leather weekend bag, something I worked on and finished making last week, has sparked many ideas for me. More bags, at least one more, Iā€™ll write about that later, but also wider...
May 3rd, 2024

duffle bag

I have had on my list to make a duffle bag for weekend type trips for a few years now, probably since I first started getting into leather work. This week will be the week, I hope. It should be. Something I enjoy about the creative process is self-imposed deadlines. I leave on Friday for a quick beach trip, a trip I have known about since February. I could have started on the duffle then, really designed the thing out, but thatā€™s not how I work best. I work best under pressure, controlled as much as possible. And so this...
April 22nd, 2024

new business cards

Up to this point in my life and ā€œcareerā€ and such I have done all of my own design work. But I am not a designer. I donā€™t know the first thing about design, I just know what I like and what I donā€™t like. I also like to design in small batches, make something, put out there, see how it goes, and iterate. The new business cards are an upgrade from the previous batch I was using which were hand-stamped and really cool looking but really time consuming and time is something that I donā€™t have enough of lately...and...
April 9th, 2024
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