Diane Louise Paul is a self-taught leather artisan who creates beautiful, long-lasting handcrafted leather items that become valued treasures. She makes each item by hand from English bridle leather, focusing on pre-Civil War objects.
Using traditional tools and techniques, she cuts, stitches, and finishes each object with beeswax and other natural products. She cuts the leather without patterns, so no two pieces are the same. She enjoys working with leather because of its warmth, beauty, and unique markings and variations.
Paul has lived in North Hampton, New Hampshire, a small town on the seacoast called North Hampton NH, for 50 years. She is a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and was among the artisans featured in the 75th Anniversary documentary, “A League of Our Own,” about the League. She is also a member the Seacoast Growers’ Association farmers’ market. In her free time she trained horses and goes antiquing in search of antique bells and leather tools.
Paul is fascinated by the history and longevity of antique items. A descendant of Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers, she is a member of the national societies of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Ranger Chapter of Portsmouth, and the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. She has been featured on WMUR’s “New Hampshire Chronicle” and “Cross Roads.”
Diane Louise Paul has been selected for the following Directories:
2019 LEATHER
2018 LEATHER
2017 LEATHER
2016 LEATHER
2015 LEATHER
2014 LEATHER
2013 LEATHER
2012 LEATHER
2011 LEATHER
2010 LEATHER
2009 LEATHER
2008 LEATHER
2007 CHRISTMAS
2007 LEATHER
2006 CHRISTMAS
2006 LEATHER
2005 LEATHER
2004 LEATHER
Biography updated June 28, 2017 Photograph updated October 3, 2016Contact information updated April 23, 2019
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