As a 5th generation leather artisan, and direct descendant of the Master Saddle Maker, HD Walker, our CEO and Creative Director, Courtney Marles, knows the importance of generational leather goods. Hand-crafting each piece in her boutique workshop in Norway, she carefully selects the highest quality, natural leather to suit each product. Each piece is meticulously crafted from a single, organic, Scandinavian hide, to give you the most luxurious leather product for you to treasure for years to come.
Leather craft isn't only for luxury handbags and accessories, Courtney's family has been farming cattle for generations in Australia, and the UK, before they immigrated to Australia in the 1800s. This is where the necessity for leather crafting began. Ensuring a cattle farmer has the right tack for their horses and carts is essential to running a cattle station.
Being brought up on a cattle station in Queensland, Australia, Courtney worked with horses and cattle from a very young age, a skill she still uses on the farm she shares with her husband in Norway today.
The Story:
"The Courtney clutch is the most versatile piece of our handbag range. It fits into both Kymera sizes and the Kassowari. Making this our hero piece of our entire collection. So it's fitting I named it after myself
The Courtney is the OG of the Kørt story. When I was designing the Kymera at the very beginning, I knew I wanted a clutch that could be removed and used in other ways. It transformed the entire bag and helped created the Kassowari as well." - Courtney
