My Story
Who am I?
My name is Ben and I’m the sole operator of Beck and Willow.
I’m a born and bred Yorkshireman, which I’m sure you could
tell from the business imagery.
I started leather crafting in February of 2023 shortly after a terrible job
interview. I had stumbled across a video of a Norwegian lady binding
her Harry Potter books in leather, I’ve always loved Harry Potter and admired Norway so this video was quite fitting for me. I quite quickly fell into a rabbit hole of different leather crafting videos and a few days later my first toolset and leather arrived.
What's the goal?
The name
You might be wondering about the name, I’ve said my name is Ben, so where’s Beck? I live right next to a Beck, which is the Yorkshire word for a stream, that’s surrounded by Willow trees. When I decided I was going to turn this into a business I simply looked out of the window and there it was, Beck and Willow was born.