About us

That's us,
Just a couple enjoying leather craft.

Jay Guzman

Owner, Designer, Customer Service

Jennifer Escarcega

Assistant, Photographer, Shipper

We started making leather items as a hobby in El Paso TX, quickly thereafter  we began to fall in love with the craft. Now residing in Rio Grande City, TX.

Now... the real question...

La Muerte Leather, what is La Muerte?

Providing handmade leather goods sourced and made in the USA. The meaning around La Muerte is death, it tends to takes everything. And seldom is anything left behind but a memory to hold onto. 
  
Here we believe continuing the legacy of the animal by making into an accessory you can carry forward contributing to not only your legacy but the animal that has now passed.
This is why we use full grain leather, not only does it preserve the strength and Integrity of the hide but in our eyes it keeps as much of the marks and scars that the animal gathered throughout its life. To us it just adds so much character to a piece that already will inevitably have so much character in nature being handmade here with us.
  
So know, that not one piece will be the same, any marks or scars are never considered defects here but just adds to the story of a past life that roamed this earth at one point.  Now roaming it by your side.
 Embarking on a whole new journey where you help develop the character and patina of your leather item. Every new scratch or scuff, that's the point in buying a full grain genuine leather item.
  
That’s La Muerte, the death takes all but it can give too... through a small business like us. Let us bring a heirloom that you may pass down from this generation onto the next.
Dare to be different, embrace rugged and refined. Handmade to last your journey and maybe the next. 

Thank you,

- Jay & Jennifer
LML