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Backalli
@backalli.bsky.social
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Leatherworker, care giver, gender non conforming.
Comfort the afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable
I am autistic and I resent the sun.
Www.thedarkwoods.ca
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Told the nice old man selling poppies that I was proud to wear a symbol that honours the original members of Antifa…
#LestWeForget
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Guess who visited the cave in The Dark Woods?
The Wonderous Wizard returned with another request, this time for potion holder.

This item will be making its debut at the Strathmore Ren Faire this weekend in the costume contest.
#Leather #RenFaire #OneOfAKind #WearableArt
#Alberta #Wizard #Potions
A potion bottle holder that holds 5 bottles, in the shape of a shield, oxblood border with skulls and flourishes and turquoise straps on a black background. Back of the potion holder showing adjustable strap, and d rings to hang from. The back is solid oxblood with turquoise straps.
August 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Today in the shop…
I finished things!

Presenting:

Obi Wan Kenobi boot covers, and belt.
The belt was from customer, I just fixed it to look right.
The boot covers are hand molded and dyed leather to match the customers boots.
#Leather #SmallCreator #Upcycled #Handmade
On my very cluttered shop table are a pair of boots, with brown boot covers and a brown belt, fashioned to look like the boots the Ewan MacGregor’s Obi Wan Kenobi character wears.
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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A great wizard appeared in my shop and requested a parasol holster, one that he could attach to his trusty chariot, or strap to his back, or wear on his belt.

If you don’t see me, he didn’t like it and I have been turned into a frog…

#RenFaire #Leather #OneOfAKind
#FunctionalArt
A dark turquoise parasol holster with oxblood coloured straps. It has been stamped with skulls and decorative border. It is sitting on a tan barstool in my little shop, awaiting a great wizard to claim it. The back of the parasol holster which has a few different ways it can be worn, it can be attached to a chariot (walker), worn on a belt in a couple different ways and has ring at the bottom to attach to a strap.
July 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Y’all, I think I found part of the problem. Right wing people think the top 10% of earners make $100 000 to $125 000 a year not the wealthy elite.
We are speaking different languages.
#Canpoli #Abpoli #progressive #rightwing #wealthgap #ableg
July 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Introducing
‘Chanse on the Range’
Fresh off the production table, this Chanse bag is made with the softest calf hide with red leather accents and brushed nickel hardware, and a silk taffeta lining.
Showing here before going live on website tomorrow.
#leather #handmade #alberta #calgary
‘Chanse on the Range’ bag in brown and cream calf hide and red leather accents on top of an antique gas stove in my backyard. Side view of Chanse on the range showing the adjustable chain and leather strap. Inside of ‘Chanse on the Range’ showing the silk taffeta lining with large pocket inside.
June 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Happy Pride!
A rainbow dyed, hand tooled belt with black background sitting on a silky black fabric.
June 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I…. I…. Um…
A cannabis vape cartridge with a tiny blue cowboy hat as a cap.
May 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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These are either celebration brownies, or drown the trauma in chocolate brownies.
Yes, the cream cheese icing is as thick as the brownies.
#CDNPoli #Election
A dish of brownies, not yet cut, with an obscene amount of cream cheese icing, on a cooling rack on top of a stove.
April 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Moment of joy amongst
*waves arms wildly

I actually made money doing my leather thing this month, covered costs and materials, and paid myself.

Wow.

🤩

#Leather #ArtOfLeather #WearableArt #SmallBusiness #Alberta #StarvingArtist #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #FuckRFKJr #IDidThat
A red buffalo leather purse with brown western style panels beside a matching wallet, sitting on a weather beaten railing beside a shed in my backyard. These are the items that pushed me into the black, as it were.
April 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Fur traders neither discovered Alberta nor built the roads.

What fur traders did was decimate the buffalo, so some foreigners could get wealthy off their labour.

It’s the Alberta Way!

#AbPoli #Ableg #UCP #Colonialism
Vic McConought, UCP member posts: Listen, when fur traders discovered Alberta, they didn’t build bike lanes, they built roads. Alberta always has roads, and always will.
April 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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What moment radicalized you?

I didn’t really have one, I was born into it.
Picture is of the album Tonight: In Person, The Limelighters With the classic protest gathering song There’s a Meeting Here Tonight. There are reviews ongoing the right side of the album, some are … provides group therapy for egg heads -United Press International …sharp and hip to the times -Variety …a great group that makes folk songs sound like real music Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle
March 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Playing now in the shop.
💃🕺🪩
March 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Going offline today.
A record player playing 100%Dynamite 1 Willie Williams -Armagideon Time 2 Toots and the Maytals -Night and Day 3 The Marvels -Rocksteady 4 The Upsetters- Popcorn 5 Bunny Clarke - Be Thankful
February 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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#SomethingBeautiful

This is another “Pride Y’all” belt going out to a Dad of a trans kid.
Supportive Dad’s are in short supply in the trans community, but they are there, and they are beautiful.
#YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe
#ProtectTransKids #SaveTheBreakdown #AbPoli
A black belt adorned with the colours of the pride and trans flags, done with squiggly lines (because it’s not about being straight, hehehe) the belt has turquoise stitching and a buckle with Celtic style pattern on it. Same belt but different view to show the different colours. Another view of same belt.
February 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Spent the afternoon working on this, it is my ‘Pride Y’all’ belt that I am making for an incredibly supportive Dad of a trans man.
They do exist.
The lines are squiggly because it’s not about being straight.

#YouWillHaveToGoThoughMe
#OnlyBeautifulThings
Pictures is a section of belt, painted with the colours of the trans flag in between two rainbows. The lines defining each colour are random squiggles.
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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#OnlyBeautifulThings
A white dog, Simon, is resting his little head on a big pink pillow while lying in a pile of pillows, he is under a red and black gingham throw pillow. Nesting in a pile of pillows is something he finds beautiful.
January 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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For #FinishItFriday

Work in progress.
This is the back and I am really pleased with how the understitching looks.
I hand stitch my leather work, and if you have ever hand stitched anything, getting the back to look good is a thing.

#Leather #Leatherworker #Art #Handmade #ActuallyAutistic
The back of a halter noseband in progress, sitting on a lap top. The under stitching is done by hand and looks as good as top stitching (not shown)
January 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Do you know what you are if you aren’t woke?

#abpoli #ableg #maplemaga #victims #canada #cdnpoli
#ItsTheBillionaires
#GetThemHelp
#ItsNotTheLefties
Post says What is a mark in criminal slang? A “mark” was a slang term for the individual who was to be the target of a scam.
January 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Nobody understands me like my Spotify Discover Weekly playlists…
A Spotify playlist of songs Fuck it by Days n Daze Jumping Hanging Out on the Line by KL Burnside Blood Sweat and Murder by Scott HBram Take off your Sunglasses by The Harpoons Gimme Some money by Spinal Tap Cut from the cloth by The Evens Fuck this town by Robbie Fulks Crying Shame Clifton Hicks
January 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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BRiNG IT!!!🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥
January 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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December was the first time that I went “public” with my leather goods, having a market table and website.
I am grateful to be starting the new year with custom jobs that aren’t just family and friends.
Climbed some big mental mountains this year.
#NYE2025 #YearEndReview
#Leather #LeatherCraft
6 pink sticky notes are lined up on a grey wall.
December 31, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Merry Christmas Y’all.
December 25, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar

Day 24!

This is my gift to my Mom this year, same pattern, different style.
Plus a wallet adjusted to hopefully cut down on her struggle to get cards in and out of the slots, and enough room for her paper bills to fit.

#AccessibleDesign #Leather #Accessibility
A light coral and bronze snake skin embossed wallet with a brown butter leather strap and a silver Celtic knot snap closure rests against a coordinating purse that has red leather accents that have been tooled and stamped, painted with copper and coral. Same view but wallet is open to show interior, it is lined with red suede. The card pockets are slightly shallower and further apart then standard wallets, leaving more card available to get a grip on. The whole wallet is also long enough that a folded letter size document will fit inside.
December 24, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Top, interior and back views.
This bag is lined with deerskin suede and has the ability to be worn on a belt or other items.

#Leather #ChronicPain #Accessibility #WearableArt
Top view of wristlet showing the white and turquoise painted and stamped border on brown back ground. Interior shot of wristlet showing the turquoise deerskin suede lined interior with a card pocket. Picture of back of wristlet showing alternating light and dark brown colouring with a belt loop attachment so bag can be worn on belt, attached to another bag or mobility device.
December 23, 2024 at 3:42 PM