photos by Cheryl Juetten
Born in Idaho, Bree Goertzen loved dance and drawing lines with a ruler. She moved to Portland, Oregon in 2003 to pursue a degree in architecture, then in art, then received a degree in psychology.
In 2008, Goertzen started to hand craft leather goods by experimenting with painting, shape, color, texture, function and feel, for herself and for friends. Each piece in her collection is hand made and hand painted using traditional leather making techniques.
Now she makes leather goods for you and you and you and you and you.