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Clay Miller

“I had no intention of making stamps professionally at that time. … I thought it would be fun for something for me to do on the side.”
— Clay Miller

Clay Miller was raised by an artistic family in Farmington, New Mexico. He did a few leather projects at a young age, but then became interested in sports at school. Clay’s dad was a racehorse trainer and Clay worked for him after school.

“I was going to follow in his footsteps and become a racehorse trainer,” remembers Clay.

By the Nineties, Clay was working full time in the racehorse business. There was a lot

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