Ana Hoy × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of stamping studies in leather.

An August study.

For Ana Hoy.

First, we wrote the shortest packing list a writer needs – A GOOD PEN and ONE MORE STORY, with both boxes checked before the trip begins.

A black-and-white leather stamp design shaped like a packing ticket, with A GOOD PEN and ONE MORE STORY checked for Ana Hoy.

We pressed it upright into a trio of luggage tags, blind on chestnut and deep forest green. The black tag carries it in gold.

Black, chestnut, and forest-green leather luggage tags stamped with a writer's packing list for Ana Hoy.

Next, a skeleton key whose bow is a heart, over the words A KEEPER – the verdict every gift guide is really hunting for.

A black-and-white leather stamp design of a heart-bow skeleton key above A KEEPER for Ana Hoy.

On deep wine sangria and warm caramel. Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

Sangria and caramel leather keychains stamped with a heart-bow key and A KEEPER for Ana Hoy.

Then, fifty small squares with a single one filled in, above the words ONE OF FIFTY – you ranked fifty leather gifts, and this one knows exactly where it stands. We stamped it small in the corner of a caramel and dark espresso stack.

A black-and-white leather stamp design of fifty squares with one selected, titled ONE OF FIFTY for Ana Hoy.

Caramel and dark-espresso leather toiletry bags stamped ONE OF FIFTY for Ana Hoy.

After that, a footnote asterisk over WORTH KEEPING – a tray where the day empties its pockets, holding whatever lands in it to the standard your deals guides hold a purchase to. Pressed generous on the golden tan tray.

A black-and-white leather stamp design with a six-ray asterisk over WORTH KEEPING for Ana Hoy.

An arizona leather catchall tray stamped WORTH KEEPING for Ana Hoy.

And finally, the one we liked the most. A pen nib touching down on its first ruled line, above the words PAGE ONE – where every story you have ever filed began.

A black-and-white leather stamp design of a fountain-pen nib touching its first line above PAGE ONE for Ana Hoy.

On journals in pale gray sand and dark espresso – the page and the ink. It looks genuinely beautiful.

Gray-sand and dark-espresso leather journals stamped PAGE ONE for Ana Hoy.

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