Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

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

An August study.

For Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

First, we drew the name as the place it describes – a footpath climbs the hill to the little church at the crest, and the cross stands highest of all. HILLCREST above, DYERSBURG below.

A black-and-white Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg stamp design with a church and climbing path on a hill.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather. The trio runs navy and warm tan with a black tag between them – and the black tag carries the hill in gold.

Navy, black and warm tan leather luggage tags stamped with the Hillcrest church-and-path design for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

Next, one for the hands that unlock the building every week. An arched door stands ajar with light in the gap, and beneath it, THE DOOR IS OPEN. A key ring seemed like the right place to keep that promise.

A black-and-white open church door stamp design reading The Door Is Open for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

The navy fob is blind debossed; the black one takes the door in gold.

Black and navy leather keychains stamped with The Door Is Open for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

Then, for the bags that go out and come home. The church anchors its purpose in Matthew 28, so we drew a compass rose whose north needle is the cross, with GO THEREFORE around the ring – the bearing is set before anything is packed.

A black-and-white compass and cross stamp design reading Go Therefore for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

Pressed small in the corner, navy stacked on deep brown.

Navy and deep brown leather toiletry bags stamped with a Go Therefore compass for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

After that, one for Dyersburg itself. The courthouse clock rises over the Forked Deer with cotton at either side, and the hands rest at a quarter to eleven – Sunday morning, worship just beginning. On the golden tan tray it holds whatever the day brought home.

A black-and-white Dyersburg stamp design with the courthouse clock, Forked Deer River and cotton.

A golden tan leather catchall tray stamped with the Dyersburg courthouse, river and cotton design.

And finally, the one we liked the most. A craftsman presses his mark into the work of his hands, and the church's own front page says We Are His Workmanship – so the journal cover carries the verse as a maker's mark, Ephesians 2:10 set beneath the words.

A black-and-white We Are His Workmanship stamp design inspired by Ephesians 2:10 for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather – navy and warm tan, blind debossed.

Navy and warm tan leather journals stamped with We Are His Workmanship for Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg.

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 Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dyersburg and you'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.