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 Diploma in Saddle, Harness and Bridle making she went on to specialise in saddlery and leatherwork for the film industry. Shelley has since worked for the leading company for leather props and saddlery for the film industry, Leather Designs Ltd and is the Director of her own limited company, Battle Horse Ltd. 

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