After feeling the early effects of COVID-19, C&C temporarily shut their doors on leather production in order to assess the situation and what’s to come. One day after the shops halt, Clay & Tyler leaned in on a pillar of their business, their local community. They heard the fears from friends and family about the shortage of medical PPE in hospitals, and so they sprung into action with what they knew best: create.

They turned to the idle machines, and with the resources they had in the shop, they made their first prototype of a medical face shield. Though rudimentary, it was a start. They texted pictures to friends and family and asked if frontline workers could use these - the responses was an overwhelming yes.