Ex Libris – a leather collection for readers

Volume I-B

A September study.

A small leather collection for readers – the kind who keep a list of everything they have read and know the exact weight of one more chapter. We call it Ex Libris.

First, the plate the collection is named for. We put an open book inside a single bold ring with EX LIBRIS arched above it, and beneath the book left one empty rule – the line where a name belongs. It looks genuinely beautiful pressed into the corner of the journals, one in deep wine and one in dark espresso.

Ex Libris open-book leather stamp design with a blank name line

Ex Libris design stamped on a sangria leather journal

Ex Libris design stamped on a dark espresso leather journal

Next, the luggage tags. We strapped a suitcase shut and slipped a book under the strap at the last second – THE BOOK COMES TOO. The tags come in warm caramel and pale sea-blue.

The black tag carries the design in gold.

The Book Comes Too suitcase and book leather stamp design

The Book Comes Too design stamped in gold on a black leather luggage tag

The Book Comes Too design stamped on a turquoise leather luggage tag

The Book Comes Too design stamped on a caramel leather luggage tag

The same stamp travels onto the toiletry bag, pressed blind into the corner – black over dark espresso.

The Book Comes Too design stamped on black and dark espresso leather toiletry bags

Then the keychains. A page with its corner folded down and SAVE MY PLACE beneath it – a bookmark's promise, carried on the thing that opens the front door. Looks great when stamped onto the leather, in warm red and in deep green.

Save My Place folded-page leather stamp design

Save My Place design stamped on a poppy red leather keychain

Save My Place design stamped on a forest green leather keychain

And finally, a catchall tray for the bedside, where the reading glasses land when the lamp finally goes off. A crescent moon over an open book, and ONE MORE CHAPTER arched above them both, pressed into golden tan.

One More Chapter moon and open-book leather stamp design

One More Chapter design stamped on an Arizona tan leather catchall tray

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 any of these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.