Most folks don’t begin their life’s work at the age of 12. Michael Gibson, owner of Appaloosa Trading Company in Durango, Colorado, isn’t like most people. When an old-timer gave him his leather-working tools, Michael set about teaching himself to sculpt leather. Before long, he was also teaching the craft to his schoolmates. After graduating from high school in Boulder, Colorado, Michael bounced around the West for a number of years, practicing his leather trade. In 1981, he landed in
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