For Lincoln Heller, owner of Fiveleft Leather, his life's trajectory was never predetermined. His less-than-stellar C average in high school provided little direction until he took a shine to photography; at least then, he thought, it was a way into university.
His imaginative side reflected a keen aptitude for the arts, and so a high school grad gift landed him in a workshop camp at Kansas City Art Institute. It changed his life. His newfound path propelled him to Emily Carr University of Art + Design.