CABAL CRAFTED

Seeing the Slow Spirit get passed on to people usually shows itself in their being aware enough about details to see beauty and shortly gratefulness blossoms. That's the kind of fruit I enjoy seeing with the things I design and make. @knightshots is a prime example. This guy was like a kid when he unboxed his iPhone6 case. That sense of wonder keeps me goin. #CabalCrafted #WithASlowSpirit (at Apolis: Common Gallery)

Many times it is the simple mystery and unknowing that reminds us what wonder tastes like. I've designed and self produced a new experience for the opening of Cabal Crafted pieces to retain that sense of wonder and excitement. More soon. Excited for a slow movement toward new releases in the next few months. #WithASlowSpirit #CabalCrafted (at Pomona, California)

You folks are awesome. Only one left of the first #H201wallet batch available. Click the link in bio and read about how this wallet does what your bifold can while being smaller. To notice the details you've got to move #WithASlowSpirit (at Pomona, California)

Batch one of the H-201 is one away from being sold out. 👉🏽Click the link in bio👆🏽Don't be deceived by the small stature of things - the sturdiest oaks grow from places that are overlooked. Move #withaslowspirit notice what others cannot. #H201wallet

The new H-201 Wallet is available now online. A billfold the size of a card holder to organize your cards and cash visually while being able to still fit in your shirt pocket. 👉🏽click the bio link👆🏽 #withaslowspirit

Slowly unveiling the first batch of the new H-201 wallet in Ash Black. I only have enough material to make 5 and peeps are ordering quick already. 👉🏽Click the link in the bio👆🏽This is one of two wallets I designed that incorporates a hidden hand stitch technique that I refined. The stitch is only visible on the inside yielding a handsome un interrupted surface of leather in the front without sacrificing strength, and allowing for new design opportunities in construction. This technique cannot be replicated by a machine, meaning this wallet can *only* be made of human hands do the stitching. Read up on how this wallet reads like a cardholder when closed and functions like a billfold when opened. Cabal Crafted cares about the details just like you do. #WithASlowSpirit #CabalCraftedH-201

New H-Series Wallets will be surfacing soon. But first some older designs that have stayed with people. Like this Dixon 2 wallet. Fun Fact: I only made one tiny batch of these for @thehandmadepopup last year and only 4 people own these Dixon 2 Wallets, it was the first time I utilized visual hierarchy on the vertical axis instead of just the horizontal. The most used cards are located front and upward. This is because we tend to read things from the top down and from front to back like in a file cabinet. Not beck to front or bottom to top. And so the least used cards are located behind and downward with just enough visual cue to let you they're there - otherwise they're out of sight and out of mind. Physically and visually out of the way. Small design details like this keep me up at night. #WithASlowSpirit

What is living and working #WithASlowSpirit like? Read @steventherozzi 's experience of immersing himself in a slower way of life and work at Cabal Crafted headquarters by living with me for 5 days. Somethings were uncomfortable for him - everything is in his own words and un altered - After you read it tell me, what things are uncomfortable for you in slowing down? 👉🏽Link in Bio👆🏽 #WithASlowSpirit

I made these knife sheaths for the small hand forged Camp/Hunting knives @california_custom_knives designed. The sheaths are inspired by seamless wooden 日本語 (Japanese) Kitchen Knife sheaths. Learn more about the project 👉🏽link in bio👆🏽 These will be available through @cultivationscuration at some point. Follow them for first dibs. WE ONLY MADE 2. I haven't seen sheaths as clean as this and am wondering if anyone would be interested in small camping knives + sheaths if I decided to put them up in the shop :) #WithASlowSpirit

New "In Their Own Words" guest blog post by @steventherozzi on his experience of immersing himself in the Slow Spirit by living with me for a week and working in the studio. Link in bio 👆🏽 (PSTiny Easter eggs on a new wallet I'm calling the H-201 or "201" for short scattered about 😉.)

Without the right nourishment a plant will fuel up in cracked brown. But with sunlight, the right hydration, and healthy soil growth and fruit comes. In other words - a plant doesn't grow alone it requires a surrounding ecosystem - it requires a community. Big thanks to @cultivationscuration for putting me on their roster with seriously, some rock solid makers. Can you spot the #Nomander and the Omou Mug Sleeve? Give Cultivations a follow if you're looking for truly human centered products both on the producer and the consumer side. #WithASlowSpirit

Observing always the growth and progression of small unnoticed things. Here is the original #DixonWallet pocket design. I don't make 'em like this anymore - but when I looked back at this guy I remembered those early seeds of progression. #WithASlowSpirit

3/3 Thanks @ekstasismagazine #WithASlowSpirit

2/3 Thanks @ekstasismagazine #WithASlowSpirit

3 of 3. The soul of a tree is carved on its skin. @dahejun5 had me hand took her soul onto the skin of this custom camera strap. "Never stop creating. Dare greatly." Challenging words for my own life when I slow down enough to contemplate. Proud that Cabal Crafted clients are unabashedly creative. 👉🏽Link to project in bio👆🏽 #CabalCrafted #WithASlowSpirit. . . . . . #design #productdesign #minimalism #mindtheminimal #minimal #vscocam #vsco #homegoods #makersmonth #carryology #camerastrap

2 of 3. Rectangles and squares aren't easily found in nature. The subtle relationships between line and curvature in the natural world inspire me. Always learning from ordinary beauty. Custom camera strap for @dahejun5 's film camera. (Ps Josh your camera is a handsome model) #CabalCrafted #WithASlowSpirit #design #productdesign #minimalism #mindtheminimal #minimal #vscocam #vsco #carrygoods #carrycandy #makersmonth #carryology #camerastrap

1 of 3. I treat details, especially, finished edges of my pieces like wildflowers in barren deserts that never get seen: beautiful and worth admiring even though they are often overlooked. I'm updating my website portfolio slowly but surely (long overdue.) This is from a piece I did for @dahejun5 to aide her film photography. #WithASlowSpirit #CabalCrafted