Line Hansen
Line has worked in the saddlery industry for 27 years, and is currently teaching on the City and Guilds Level 2 and Level 3 Diploma in Saddle, Harness and Bridle Making courses at Capel Manor College, while supporting and teaching on the Level 2 and Level 3 Shoemaking qualifications. She started as an equestrian, beginning her career as a rider then becoming a riding instructor, which led to her appreciation for saddlery. Line has won numerous awards in Saddlery and Harness Making and has educated and trained a large number of students in the craft, who have become skilled craftspeople and/or trainers. Line teaches at Capel Mano College which is one of the last colleges in the UK to provide saddlery courses and offers the prestigious and historic Worshipful Company of Cordwainer’s Diploma in Saddle, Harness and Bridle Making. Her students are taught how to produce the highest quality of leatherwork and develop their skills to enable them to work on more advanced leather projects in the saddlery industry. Line also has been developing her own skills in shoemaking to support with the teaching of Level 2 and 3 shoemakers in producing high quality leather shoes. Her passion is to keep hand sewn leather goods alive and to teach the next generation of saddlers and shoe makers, and she is continually promoting these endangered crafts to ensure they are not forgotten.