A Day In The Life of Canoe Austin

I first met Natalie Davis when she worked at Rena Tom’s Rare Device shop. Anything associated with Rare Device will always have a special place in my heart because visiting that shop, and Rena, on a daily basis was a big part of my life when I first started Design*Sponge. Rena always had her finger on the pulse of what was new and cool and happening, so it became one of my favorite places to go for ideas and inspiration. Natalie started working at Rare Device in its second iteration in San Francisco where she sold her beautiful wooden apples under the name “Miss Natalie“. Flash forward a few years and now Natalie is living in Austin, Texas where she runs her business, Canoe. Working primarily with leather, Natalie makes key chains, coasters, switchplates and art pieces that combine hand-tooled details and brass elements. I was really impressed with Natalie’s switchplates at ICFF this year, so I wanted to get a peek inside her daily life in Austin. I love getting to see what her process looks like and how her designs come together. I hope you’ll enjoy this peek inside her day as much as I did. xo, grace

Portrait photograph by Chelsea Fullerton. Music in video by Broke for Free.

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