These pen cases began as a way to overcome my fear of zippers. For a long time, zippers felt too precise, too technical, and too easy to get wrong. So I started with simple pen and pencil cases as a way to practice, learn, and build confidence. Each one became a quiet exercise in patience: measuring, aligning, stitching, and trusting the process. They are small objects, but they mark an important step in my leatherwork, the moment I stopped avoiding a difficult detail and began learning from it.