Award Winning Leather Artist

After college for graphic arts Tony started upholstery
in 1999, and leatherworking in 2011. He’s received many
awards, including several wins in the "World Leather Debut.”
His works appeared on magazine covers, been published
biographically and through numerous instructional
articles. Including features in newspapers
and a book on dioramas.

A realistic diorama made from mostly leather, with a flowing river, rocky cliff, pine trees, grass, tiny nests, fish, and burrows. And working fiber optic fire flies.

The Narrows

World Leather Debut 1st place
award winning leather diorama with
working lightning bugs. This piece
appeared on the cover of The
Leather Crafters Journal
Volume 32, no.2
by Tony Allen Bernier

Handmade red and tan leather wing tip shoes with beautiful broguing and topstiching.

Custom Wing Tip Shoes

Made completely by hand using the historical trade of Cordwaining.
Original patterns and designs.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Tooled leather disc golf bag with R2D2, and Yoda riding on Tony's back. Highly detailed tooling also has a custom Vader mini disc.

Tooled Leather Disc Golf Bag

World Leather Debut 3rd place award winning piece. Original tooling
and construction patterns.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Intricately tooled leather scene with an octopus rider, a submarine, and under sea cities in the background.

Liquid Multiverse

Tooled leather picture that glows
in the dark. Featured on the cover of
The Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Leather purse with tooling of a hummingbird, flowing vines, and flowers.

Tooled and sewn by hand.
Original construction and tooling patterns.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Tooled Hummingbird Purse

Handmade custom kids chair. Wingback tufted leather chair with elegant wooden legs.

Half Size Tufted Wingback Chair

World Leather Debut 1st place award
winning piece built from scratch by hand.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Never Give Up

The first stereoscopic leather tooling. When
viewed through a Stereoscope the piece
becomes a visually realistic
single three dimensional image.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Award winning expertly crafted suit of leather armor fit for a king, with indicate tooling of Viking style knotwork.

Mystic Viking Armor

World Leather Debut 2nd place
award winning leather armor.
Original construction and
tooling patterns. This set and
myself were also featured in
Shop Talk magazine.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Tooled leather treasure chest with a deep sea diver, octopus, relief maps, an ocean scene, and navy insignias.

Tooled leather treasure chest

The chest was made using only materials that made deep sea diving possible. All the building materials correspond to what was, and sometimes
still is used in deep sea diving.
by Tony Allen Bernier

Over 200 page book featuring diorama artists from all over the world that Tony had the privilege of appearing in.

A couple other things Tony was featured in was this book on dioramas. And an Article on the front page of the Crow River News.

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Leather tooling of meditating Yoda on a disc golf course.
Lush green tree diorama, with rocks bushes, and a patch of purple flowers, made from leather dust.
tooled leather mini disc with a scull.
Tooled leather disc bag with Yoda putting on the front, and master splinter meditating in the sewer on the back.