“Handmade” is a series I pitched for Esquire when I was working with the Editorial video teams. I had this idea for a social-first 60-second video series that focused on the visually stimulating art form of handcrafting fine goods. No frills. The pilot video “Leather Bag” did quite well on Facebook garnering over 1M views in the first week or so, and then has grown since to over 2M. Because of this, I was given the green light to make more, and eventually a branded version. With these videos, I had the opportunity to team up with some great folks, direct my first few videos professionally, and I even had the opportunity to shoot a handful of them as well.