Amar Hussain × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of stamping studies on real-world logos.

An August study.

For Amar Hussain.

First, we took the oldest problem in your own luggage tag guide – a carousel of identical suitcases – and solved it the way printmakers do. One suitcase, numbered 1/1. An edition of one.

The black-and-white EDITION OF ONE suitcase stamp design created for Amar Hussain's leather luggage tag collection.

The black tag carries the 1/1 in gold foil; the warm tan and navy tags take a blind press.

Three black, warm tan and navy leather luggage tags stamped with the EDITION OF ONE suitcase design for Amar Hussain.

Next, the ticket you have technically been traveling on since the gap year began. Outbound long since used. Return still open.

The black-and-white OPEN RETURN ticket stamp design created for Amar Hussain's leather luggage tag collection.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

Two warm tan and forest green leather luggage tags stamped with the OPEN RETURN ticket design for Amar Hussain.

Then a spec label for someone who tests gear from the Sahara to Antarctica – sun and dunes above the words, a penguin holding the ice below. The golden tan tag reads as the desert, the pale sea-blue one as the ice. A deep espresso tag sits between the climates.

The black-and-white FIELD TESTED Sahara-to-Antarctica stamp design created for Amar Hussain's leather luggage tag collection.

Three golden tan, pale sea-blue and deep espresso leather luggage tags stamped with the FIELD TESTED expedition design for Amar Hussain.

Next, the carousel joke – five identical suitcases and one of them unmistakably yours. Your guide puts visibility first, so we ran this one on the three loudest leathers in the drawer.

The black-and-white THAT ONE IS MINE suitcase-row stamp design created for Amar Hussain's leather luggage tag collection.

Three red, fuchsia and pale sea-blue leather luggage tags stamped with the THAT ONE IS MINE carousel design for Amar Hussain.

Then we opened your author profile, which keeps count, and counted the 63 countries out in tally marks, five at a time. We pressed it into deep wine and pale greige – the leather has room for more.

The black-and-white 63 COUNTRIES AND COUNTING tally stamp design created for Amar Hussain's leather luggage tag collection.

Two deep wine and pale greige leather luggage tags stamped with the 63 COUNTRIES AND COUNTING tally design for Amar Hussain.

And finally, the one we liked the most. Two dots sit a thumb apart on the globe – leaving home and getting home – and the route between them goes the whole way around.

The black-and-white THE LONG WAY HOME globe stamp design created for Amar Hussain's leather luggage tag collection.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

Two navy and pale greige leather luggage tags stamped with THE LONG WAY HOME globe design for Amar Hussain.

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're Amar Hussain and you'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.