Welcome

Hi, I’m Keoni. A maker based in South Carolina.

My studio is where I make things by hand that truly matter. Each piece starts with a question about craft, meaning, or beauty; and ends as something we can hold and enjoy for years to come.

Keoni cutting leather with a round knife at his workbench in the studio

Objects made slowly, by hand, to travel with us through life.

Current collection

Journey Notebooks

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Hokusai

$80

Denim

Matisse

$95

Verdigris

Monet

$80

Verdigris

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lillies | Claude Monet | 1899

The painting

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Notebook spotlight

Monet

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lillies by Claude Monet

Every Journey Notebook begins with a painting. The leather, elastic, and hardware are chosen to carry its palette into something you can hold and carry for years.

The process

How it’s made

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Cutting

Full-grain vachetta, cut by hand

Burnishing

Tokonole, glass slicker, carnauba wax

Hardware

Grommets, elastic inserts, and closure

Finishing

Cleaned, conditioned, marked, and checked

The studio workbench with an open notebook, leather offcuts, a red cutting template, and hand tools

Made by hand in Anderson, South Carolina.

By request

Request a commission

Commissions open in seasonal batches. Choose your leather, size, hardware, and elastic, and I’ll make one just for you.

In person

Find them in person

Local stockists are coming soon, so you’ll be able to feel the leather and explore the collection before you buy. Shops will be listed on the Stockists page as they come on.

Autumn trees framing a view of rolling hills under a clear blue sky

From the journal

Winter 2026

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