Made in Texas

Made in Texas

For these two friends, every day is flag day.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

How Rob Flurry’s childhood reading forged his passion for sword and knife making.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

You can run, but you can’t resist these hides.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

A hot kiln can be entrusted with earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and . . . brisket?

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

A fourth generation of Texas leatherworkers saddles up.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Out of the oven and into the credenza.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Go west—and east and north and south—young man.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Houston jewelry with a touch of northwestern India.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

A Houston ad man embraces the DIY spirit.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

A Dallas furniture maker creates pieces that are old and new at once.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

When your day job has you down, building a canoe by hand may be the way to go.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Oaxacan style, by way of Dallas.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Keeping the cowboy legend alive.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

The romance of doing everything by hand.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

How the drought led to a revival of America’s only native caffeinated drink.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Because you know you’ve always wanted to kick it up.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made In Texas

When paddling on plastic just won’t do.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

These San Antonio leather-workers keep it all in the family.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Corpus Christi fisherman John Garcia’s painted creations are off the hook.

By Lauren Smith Ford

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Something’s burning in Amarillo.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

A novice Austin jewelry maker catches Anthropologie’s eye.  

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made In Texas

Keeping movable type alive in the age of laser printers.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Houston bladesmith Russell Montgomery finds calm living on the edge.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

The simple beauty of wood and wire and not much else.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Getting that brim just right.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

The earthy wonders of clay.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Handcrafted bows that never miss their mark.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

The happy marriage of performance and aesthetics.

By Lauren Smith Ford

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A Houston textile designer shows that the art of dyeing isn’t dying.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

The science and mystery of the luthier craft.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Handcrafted leather bags that tell a story.

By Lauren Smith Ford

Made in Texas

Tom Sterne makes waves in the Gulf.

By Lauren Smith Ford