Sylvia Brown

Leatherwork

Sylvia has been working in the leather industry as a crftsman andd designer since 1971. She has designed and produced a wide spectrum of items including garments, belts, bags, briefcases and luggage. She is presently challenging her skills by building custom western boots. Sylvia loves working in leather and loves her clients.

Sylvia is a founding member of the Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative. She studied music and dance at the Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts in Natick MA and at Simon’s Rock College in Gt. Barrington MA. Her postgraduate studies were at the Berklee College of Jazz, Botston University School of Fine Arts and The New England Conserbatory of Music. She plays renaissance and baroque flute.

Sylvia presently works at her studio in Petersham, MA. In 1990, she and her husband bought the Twin Dairy Farm (on route 101) and re-configured the dairy barn into office, shop, showroom and studio space. “Coming from a one bedroom apartment in the West Fens of Boston and having all this work space is as if I died and went to heaven. In 1996 we bought our first llamas and we nicknamed them ball and chain,,,No more running around the world with our bicycles in high gear and camping out in the woods, Through a lot of enthusiasm and hard work our herd has quickly grown to 19.”