Ruthworks is a one-person custom cycling luggage company located in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.
I create modern classics using a combination of traditional waxed canvas, leather, and ultralight fabrics for the ideal balance of function, performance, and durability.
Since 2009, all of the sewing, fabrication, leather work, hole punching, cutting, designing, advertising, website, sourcing, prototyping, photography (most of it), social media, delivery, and order packing and shipping is done by me.
Born in Kanagawa-Ken Yokosuka, Japan of Phillippino parents, our family came to the U.S.A in 1974 because of my fathers position in the White House, serving under the Vice President..
I create modern classics using a combination of traditional waxed canvas, leather, and ultralight fabrics for the ideal balance of function, performance, and durability.
Since 2009, all of the sewing, fabrication, leather work, hole punching, cutting, designing, advertising, website, sourcing, prototyping, photography (most of it), social media, delivery, and order packing and shipping is done by me.
Born in Kanagawa-Ken Yokosuka, Japan of Phillippino parents, our family came to the U.S.A in 1974 because of my fathers position in the White House, serving under the Vice President..
In Washington DC I gravitated towards art and music, graduating with a BS in Music Education and a Jazz Studies Minor followed by a failed attempt at a M. ED. in Early Childhood Education. I ended up touring the US and Europe for several years, all the while riding bikes and teaching.
Washington DC was good to me, but I've always appreciated change so in 2002 I moved to San Francisco. I worked as a bicycle mechanic and played music until settling in with a teaching position for thirteen years.
Washington DC was good to me, but I've always appreciated change so in 2002 I moved to San Francisco. I worked as a bicycle mechanic and played music until settling in with a teaching position for thirteen years.
In 2008 my wife and I were doing a bike tour in New England and we borrowed bikes from Dave. The bike I was using didn't have racks, so I had to figure out how to carry my stuff so I busted out my thrift store sewing machine and started sewing for the first time in my life. It was fun! And the bags performed great. I loved it.
I still make bags for my friends, their friends, and new friends.
-E
I still make bags for my friends, their friends, and new friends.
-E
