Woodman Leathercraft
It is no mere coincidence that the leatherwork being created by artist-designer Charlotte Woodman has evolved into a harmonious synthesis of heritage craftsmanship with clean, functional, modern lines.
A big influence on her passion for fine handmade work is rooted in her good fortune to live, since childhood, in the picturesque village of historic Waldoboro, Maine. Her studio is set up in the modest side room of a rambling, Cape-style home, built in the 1860s. The charming residence, flanked by giant white pines, is located only one mile from the wide and deep Medomak River, whose scenic shoreline once bristled with shipyards and five-masted schooners.
The small town still resonates with the spirit of traditional handcrafts and impressive workmanship that once flourished in local industries — sawmills, granaries, granite yards, carriage and blacksmith shops, iron foundries and carding mills.
That cultural influence stretches
