Meet the Makers

Since 2009, Hoof and Horn has been shaped by a rotating cast of highly skilled craftspeople. Every piece that leaves our hands has been touched by more than one maker, each bringing their own expertise to the work you wear. We all have multiple crafts we specialize in but we share the same values, patience, integrity, and respect for leather. Together, our goal is to make leather goods built to last for decades.

Tiffany

Founder

Tiffany learned leather craft in 2009 in the bay area under Ana Poe at Paco Collars (@pacocollars). With a background that includes attending multiple art colleges, Tiffany has also spent years teaching both in classrooms and community programs including the Richmond Art Center and local library systems. Since founding and running Hoof and Horn, she has shared the craft with many others while continuing to learn alongside every collaborator. Her approach remains rooted in exchange, patience, and the belief that mastery is something you continue to earn through practice and community.

Lincoln

Maker and Operations Manager

Lincoln (@leatherbylincoln) is a self-taught leather worker with over five years of experience that focuses on precision and consistency. He played a key role in hide selection and distributor relationships before moving into direct collaboration with Hoof and Horn, and has been instrumental in our growth and development over the past year, strengthening both quality and production standards.

Amy

Amy has spent time in France and other parts of the world discovering and maintaining an glass art business for over two decades in Sacramento, CA (@aradiaglasscraft). She creates original detailed glass designs and repairs vintage pieces for churches and older buildings. She maintains a friendly and professional sales environment while on the floor at Apple Hill and other events, helping us stay organized.

Sales Manager

Steve

Steve brings knowledge of buckle history to Hoof and Horn. He anchors the booth at Apple Hill and other events while serving as our primary strap cutter and production lead. An accomplished sewer, he contributes high level construction skills across our leather work. Outside of Hoof and Horn, Steve assists Amy with her stained glass practice and creates organic, ritual leather pieces, also working in canvas and other materials.

Sales and Production

Hakeem

Production and Marketing

Ash

Production and Development

Chris

Chris is a high producing loan officer with veterans mortgage and a key force behind Hoof and Horn operations. He installs, customizes, and waterproofs our Apple Hill booth and manages Steves Buckles, our Instagram showroom, and our collection archive. Chris also supports web development and logistics across the business. In 2023, he traveled more than sixty days between California and New York supporting Dead & Company tour sales with us.

Infrastructure and Flow

Muffin

Muffin is our in-shop Diva and friendly greeter. She supported over sixty days of sales on the Dead & Company tour in 2023, retiring each night to the comfort of a Hyatt hotel. From August to December she can be found weekday mornings at Apple Hill at High Hill Ranch in Camino for photo ops, pets, and scritches. Follow her on Instagram @gwendolynmuffin (the Pom) for occasional doses of pure Pomeranian positivity.

Diva