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for "making things" in the craft shop where he was stationed. He also learned skills in leadership and directing people as the platoon Sergeant.
After leaving the Army, he started a leather products business in the basement of his parents home. After three months in the basement, he opened a leather shop and boutique in the trendy West End of St. Louis. Three years later, he moved to Santa Barbara. It was 1972 and he loved the small city and began Steven Handelman Studios. " I wanted to have a business name that would not define me in too narrow of a way" he says. " I worked at stained glass, sign painting , wood carving, jewelry design and a
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