Bryan Field Notes × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study for Bryan, Texas

From the Practice Log, Volume I-B – an ongoing series of original leather stamping studies.

A September study.

For Bryan, Texas – where the rails arrived in 1867 and the mammoths had them beat by whole epochs. We call this small leather collection Bryan Field Notes.

First, the mammoth. Skulls of them have come out of this very valley, so we set one walking the length of the luggage tags under the words THE FIRST LOCALS.

Black-and-white mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS artwork for the Bryan Field Notes leather collection of Bryan, Texas.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

A navy leather luggage tags stamped with the mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A arizona leather luggage tags stamped with the mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A forest green leather luggage tags stamped with the mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

Next, the keychains. A turtle carries its house everywhere it goes, and a keyring does the same – so we drew one mid-stride under ALWAYS HOME.

Black-and-white turtle and ALWAYS HOME artwork for the Bryan Field Notes leather collection of Bryan, Texas.

Keychains with the turtle stamp look just awesome too.

A caramel leather keychains stamped with the turtle and ALWAYS HOME design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A forest green leather keychains stamped with the turtle and ALWAYS HOME design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

Then Boonville, the county's early seat. We drew the porch of its log house with bluebonnets crowding the posts, and set the name beneath – for the corner of a journal, where local history keeps getting written.

Black-and-white Boonville porch and bluebonnets artwork for the Bryan Field Notes leather collection of Bryan, Texas.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

A deep brown leather journals stamped with the Boonville porch and bluebonnets design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A navy leather journals stamped with the Boonville porch and bluebonnets design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

Then the catchall tray. The valley is named for its river, and a river does what a tray does – it gathers whatever the day sends down. We wound one across the base under EVERYTHING FINDS THE RIVER.

Black-and-white river and EVERYTHING FINDS THE RIVER artwork for the Bryan Field Notes leather collection of Bryan, Texas.

A arizona leather catchall tray stamped with the river and EVERYTHING FINDS THE RIVER design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

And finally, the toiletry bags. A crystal leaves the ground rough and ends up CUT AND POLISHED – which is more or less the promise of a good dopp kit. One bag in honeyed russet, one in deep brown.

Black-and-white crystal cluster and CUT AND POLISHED artwork for the Bryan Field Notes leather collection of Bryan, Texas.

A warm amber leather toiletry bag stamped with the crystal cluster and CUT AND POLISHED design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A deep brown leather toiletry bag stamped with the crystal cluster and CUT AND POLISHED design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

We made this out of love. Leatherius Woodman is on a mission to create and share artifacts of beauty, craft and love – this study is one of them, and we hope the feeling is mutual. Every image is a render – how we prototype before cutting a die.

If you'd like anything here made real, or anything changed – say hello through our contact page.

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A navy leather luggage tags stamped with the mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A arizona leather luggage tags stamped with the mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.

A forest green leather luggage tags stamped with the mammoth and THE FIRST LOCALS design from Bryan Field Notes of Bryan, Texas.