After spending time in her teenage years working with horses in the Spain and Austria Shelley returned to the UK to train as a saddle maker. 

From 2014 - 2016 she studied saddlery at Capel Manor College in London and after gaining her Level 3 City & Guilds Deploma in Saddle, Harness and Bridle making she went on to specialise in saddlery and leatherwork for film and has since been working for a small company in the South of England. In this time she has worked on multiple large feature films both in the UK and abroad.

In addition to this, Shelley accepts private commissions for all leatherwork and saddlery goods as well as offering a repair and restoration service through her own business, Musker Turner Leather.

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