Three luggage-tag studies for Eaton Public Library
From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of stamping studies on real-world organizations.
An August study.
A bag of books, three neighborhood doors, and a line of welcome
Eaton Public Library serves its Colorado community through collections, public programs, technology help, room access, student services, newsletters, and a bookmobile. Its 2026–2028 strategic plan describes a community gathering place and prioritizes outreach, technology, and thoughtful expansion and modernization. The current staff page identifies Amber Greene as Library Director, serving in that role since July 2022.
The official mark is an open blue book whose central white space becomes a branching tree, topped by a compact green leaf canopy. The website extends that language through simple service icons, navy and green, pale-blue fields, and photographs of the historic brick building. These independent studies do not reproduce the tree-in-book logo, library wordmark, a municipal seal, or copyrighted characters. The page wedges become a carrying tote, the branching counterform becomes a path to three homes, and the leaf rhythm becomes bunting for a community occasion.
As leather luggage tags, the ideas could be considered for approved staff or trustee appreciation, conference travel, volunteer recognition, presenters, community partners, campaign milestones, or year-end thanks. They keep the tone civic and useful. A viewer first sees books ready to carry, a path reaching neighbors, and decorations hung for a gathering; only afterward does the library’s own book, branch, and leaf construction appear.
Leather and treatment
Library navy, leaf green, and warm brick-cognac leather connect the site’s public colors with its historic building. Tonal impressions make the images feel built into the object. Restrained antique-brass on cognac gives one ceremonial treatment for a trustee, volunteer, or campaign milestone.
The three concepts
1. The Book Tote
Three upright books ride in a wide-handled tote. The two outward-leaning sides of the bag use the rising-page geometry of the official mark, but the first read is simply a useful bag ready to leave the library.
2. Path to Three Doors
One broad path forks toward three small neighborhood houses. Its white branching construction comes from the tree trunk hidden inside the open-book mark, translated into the library’s outreach beyond one building.
3. Leaf Bunting
Six pointed pennants hang from one curved cord, each cut with a strong central opening. Their compact rhythm starts with the mark’s leaves and ends as the most familiar decoration for a gathering, opening, or thank-you.
These are independent design studies for appropriate team, partner, collaborator, adviser, vendor, volunteer, or client occasions. No affiliation, approval, or endorsement is implied. Every image is a render used to test the object before cutting a physical die.
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.
If you’re Eaton Public Library and you’d like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.