Biographical note

Having served his apprenticeship, Robert Steinke founded his own saddlery manufacturing business in 1970. His workshop has produced goods for sale through his retail shop, mobile show unit and mail order business both for the home and export market. His experiences in the equestrian world include hunting, carriage driving and showing both in-hand and under saddle. Examples of his saddlery work have been exhibited at Cordwainers College, where he trained, and the London Design Centre, while he has had exhibitions of his photography in London and France. He now lives in Southern Ireland where a good proportion of his time is spent writing about equestrian subjects and enlarging upon his photographic collection.