Al and Ann Stohlman

Who is Al and Ann Stohlman?

Al Stohlman was a leatherworker and author of numerous books on the art of leather crafting, including books on hand sewing, embossing, carving, and saddle making.

His wife Ann was a collaborator on many of his books, as well as a collaborator on the leather projects used to illustrate the books. They lived on a ranch in Canada and together wrote many of the instruction books still used today to teach people to work with leather.

Al Stohlman began working with leather during World War II while stationed in the Pacific south east. He and his peers made their own punching bags and carving tools from screws.

Some of the Stohlmans' work is memorialized at the Tandy Leather Al Stohlman Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.