Hide and Horn

01/05/2020

Thank you Wyoming Arts Council for featuring Hide & Horn earlier this year in Artscapes Magazine! Find an interview with Project Director Ian Hallagan on page 22, featuring photos of Trajan Vieira of Mercury Leather Works, Dusty Smith of WYO Custom Saddles and Trees, and George Fraker, with a special shoutout to saddlemaker Steve Dabbs in helping start the podcast!

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The winter 2020 issue of Artscapes features stories on the five Governor’s Arts Awards recipients, the importance of Music Education, Ukrainian Pysanky in Wyoming and our upcoming Poetry Out Loud competition. Next issue is due out in Summer 2020.

26/04/2020

So where has Hide & Horn been the past 3 months? Career changes and a move to a new state by project director Ian Hallagan, as well as the chaos of the coronavirus have all forced the podcast to be placed on a temporary hold. But we are set to return soon!

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Thank you for filling out the Hide & Horn Survey. Your answers are extremely imporant in discovering more about our listeners, and ways we can improve future episodes. We are always striving to create more engaging content through celebrating the work of saddlemakers across the United States and bey...

16/01/2020

Hide & Horn is back for the new year! Thank you all for your patience over these past months.

Born to a long line of Buffalo descendants, George Fraker​ has been building custom saddles and trees over a career spanning fifty years. With our first episode of 2020, George Fraker discusses the development of style, the intricacies of building saddle trees, and much more on this episode of Hide & Horn.

For inquiries, comments, sponsorships, and all other requests, contact Project Director Ian Hallagan: [email protected]

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29/11/2019

New sampler episode on George Fraker! Click link in bio to the full episode or click linktr.ee/hideandhornpodcast to listen

"The push towards working solo often comes with a series of challenges. This is just as true in custom saddlemaking as in any other craft, where if you’re not working, you’re not making money. But while there are plenty of starving years working independently, the benefits for many in custom saddlemaking to pursue a passion almost always outweigh the times of barely scraping by and being able to make ends meet. In this episode, George Fraker reflects on working other jobs, becoming his own boss, and how there’s no such thing as retirement in saddlemaking."

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31/10/2019

Hide & Horn Episode 3 is now available! Visit linktr.ee/hideandhornpodcast to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more. For photos and previous episodes, visit hideandhornpodcast.com

Born and raised in Southwest Wyoming, Dusty Smith has been building custom saddles since 2006, and custom saddle trees since 2015. In this episode, Dusty Smith describes the intersection of these two crafts, how the changing role of horses impact the industry, and more on this episode of Hide & Horn.

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30/09/2019

New sampler episode on Dusty Smith! Click link in bio to the full episode or click linktr.ee/hideandhornpodcast to listen

"Though building saddles for over ten years, since 2015 Dusty Smith has been building custom saddle trees from his home shop in Buffalo, W. As one of the few individual tree makers in the world building for the public in large numbers, Dusty’s keen attention to detail in every tree built is an art form all in itself. In this episode of the Hide and Horn Sampler, Dusty Smith describes his early work in building saddle trees, and balancing artistry with production."

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30/08/2019

Hide & Horn Episode 2 is now live! Click linktr.ee/hideandhornpodcast to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more.

For over 25 years, Andy Stevens has continued a family history of functional artistry through saddlemaking, leatherworking, and silversmithing. In this episode, Andy discusses his development in these art forms, the relationship between spaghetti and artistic design, and more on this episode of Hide & Horn.

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Additional photos courtesy of Heidi Long-Stevens of Crazy Woman Photography

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29/08/2019

13/08/2019

Over the weekend, Hide and Horn reached 100 likes! Thank you to everyone that have shown support for this project to reach an important milestone.

New episode coming soon!

24/07/2019

In a career spanning 25 years, Andy Stevens’ work in leather and saddlemaking has also included workshops and exhibit curation. In this sampler episode, Andy reflects on his experiences at the Western Folklife Center during his time working and living in Nevada. Stay tuned for the full episode on Andy Stevens! Listen using the links below:
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Hide & Horn Sampler presents short stories, experiences, and musings from saddlemakers across the country. Rather than full episodes, samplers are short segments from featured saddlemakers and others that can't fit into larger episodes, but are too good not to include.

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15/07/2019

Hide and Horn is live! Our first episode provides a short overview of ranching history in the state of Wyoming, as well as the development of the Sheridan Style by legendary saddlemaker Don King. We end with a short setup for future works of contemporary saddlemakers.

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09/05/2019