The Highlands shift in tone as summer fades. It is one of our favourite seasons. The evenings draw in earlier, the air sharpens, and the hills take on a deeper palette of golds, burnt orange and browns. Deer move lower on the hillsides, the red stags roaring as the rut progresses, and the quiet of the lochs is broken only by migrating birds preparing for winter. Autumn is a season that feels alive with change.
We love getting outside hiking, days out with the gun or rod or foraging basket. 
Back in the workshop, autumn is one of our busiest times. Even though, we don't like to mention Christmas too early, we are getting ready for it. Leather hides are laid out across the table, tools sharpened, threads waxed and ready.
The workshop itself mirrors outside - we prepare for the season ahead. The antler we work with is strong and steady, like the deer that roam the hills in this chilly season; while the leather carries its own rich history, vegetable-tanned using traditional methods.
As the year gathers towards winter, we find ourselves drawn both to the outdoors and to tables with materials ready to be crafted into products, gifts ready to be wrapped and sent out or wild venison being served with mushrooms, brambles and apples gathered. The hills and lochs give us inspiration, while the workshop gives us purpose. Together, they define this time of year: a season of balance between wild beauty and steady work.
