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Her Specialty is Leather Art and Using French Dyes

 “Leather, by nature, doesn’t want to be another color. It wants to breathe and age on its own.”
— Katie FioRito, KNM Leather

Katie FioRito of Bend, Oregon, is an independent artist and leatherworker. Her specialty is creating one-of-a-kind, hand-dyed, pictorial art on dog collars and other small leather goods, like wallets, belts and holsters.

“I do portraitures and characters on leather for people who want customized items with pictures of things

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