About

"Special care is taken into every detail and stitch."

I started my career as an apprentice in a dressmaker's studio in Germany. During that time I developed an eye for quality and detail. Later in art school, where I received a degree in Fashion Design, my skills from my seamstress training led me to making bags. My love of working with different fabrics along with the physical construction of the bags quickly became a passion.

After school I worked in the fashion industry as a designer. As much as I enjoyed it, I began to really miss making things myself. However those cravings would be put on hold as my husband and I left Germany for the US, and raising my two boys became my priority.

In 2016 I joined the nearby Maker Works studio. I found out they had an industrial sewing machine which meant I could try my hand at working with leather, something I had always been interested in. Within two years I had developed a line of bags and exhibited at my first art fair, and Elophina Bags was born.

Since then I have refined my technical skills and pushed my creativity with each new series of bags. My bags, wallets and art pieces are designed and handcrafted by me alone, using mainly hand cut pieces of premium cowhide leather I source myself.

For each collection I carefully curate a palette of selected colors and blend several techniques, including marquetry, appliqué, and color blocking. The marquetry technique for example, brings together various leather pieces that I intricately arrange to form my custom patterns and designs.