I don’t know whether to ride on Kara Ginther’s custom bike saddles or display them in a gallery—and fittingly, her designs have been put to both uses. By meticulously hand-tooling Brooks leather saddles, the choice of discerning bikers from slouching hipsters to tweed-clad dandies, Ginther rides that fine line between art, craft, and style. Here are some of my favorite works from her Flickr stream.

A trio of strikingly different designs:

A nautical-themed commission in which “I had a lot of fun playing with waves and water,” notes Ginther:

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A paisley-style design for Ahren Rogers, owner of Banjo Cycles in Madison, Wisconsin: