[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”6601″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Let me introduce myself, my name is Paolo Gustavo Guevara Garcia. I’m the man behind this brand of leather goods. I’m not a designer, just some one passionate for creating new stuff and improving the ones that’s already out there.
Originally I come from a small town, Arenillas, in Ecuador where I spent my first 12 years before I moved to Guayaquil. During the years many cities have been my home and thanks to that my inspiration grew stronger as my hunger to create my own brand.
For this reason in 2014 I decided to share my idea with a friend to try to do something different.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I was living back in Ecuador at the time and was ready to develop a new design with Ecuadorean handcraft from local artisans to help the community. At least that was the idea in the beginning. I ended up starting the company on my own and doing the handcraft myself in Sweden and only buy the raw material from my local community and other interesting places in the world.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”6516″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]In Sweden 2016 after been living here for several years I decided to finally make it happen. For the logo I decided to contact my childhood friend, Pablo Zambrano who is an artist, and could without any problem put together a symbol that represents my heritage. The G stands for not only my family name Guevara, but also for honoring my grandfather Gustavo Garcia. As the star was Che Guevara’s symbol for revolution Pablo thought that was a perfect additional to complete Handcrafted in Sweden’s coat of arms.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thanks to my fiancee and friends who supported, helped and believed in me I had the chance to create my own company, Salty Leather and the brand HANDCRAFTED IN SWEDEN.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]