Lori Zaino × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

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

An August study.

For Lori Zaino.

First, the commute. Chicago-born, Madrid-based for nearly two decades – so we drew the great circle between MAD and ORD, with a small plane at the top of the arc and the Atlantic rolling underneath. Madrid flies in red and Chicago in the pale sea-blue of its flag. The navy tag is the night crossing in between.

The black-and-white MAD ORD great-circle stamp design created for Lori Zaino's leather luggage tag collection.

Three leather luggage tags in red, pale sea-blue and navy stamped with the MAD ORD great-circle design for Lori Zaino.

Next, the one job a luggage tag was ever asked to do. Seven identical suitcases ride the carousel and one is filled in solid – THIS ONE IS MINE. For someone who once weighed twenty-seven luggage tags against each other, we wanted the twenty-eighth to end the argument. The trio wears the colors old suitcases actually came in.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

The black-and-white THIS ONE IS MINE suitcase-row stamp design created for Lori Zaino's leather luggage tag collection.

Three leather luggage tags in caramel, navy and sangria stamped with the THIS ONE IS MINE suitcase design for Lori Zaino.

Then, the doctrine from her own packing playbook: a week of travel out of a single carry-on. We cut the case open and tiled it with packing cubes edge to edge; one cube shows a neat spiral of rolled clothes. ONE BAG above, ONE WEEK below, on warm gray and caramel – the calm of a system that works.

The black-and-white ONE BAG ONE WEEK packing-cube stamp design created for Lori Zaino's leather luggage tag collection.

Two leather luggage tags in warm gray and caramel stamped with the ONE BAG ONE WEEK packing design for Lori Zaino.

After that, her resolution about points, taken literally. Coins pour through the neck of an hourglass and come out the other side as a small plane already climbing – stored value turning into travel while there is still time. SPEND THE POINTS above, SEE THE WORLD below, on golden tan and pale sea-blue: the coin and the lagoon.

The black-and-white SPEND THE POINTS hourglass stamp design created for Lori Zaino's leather luggage tag collection.

Two leather luggage tags in golden tan and pale sea-blue stamped with the SPEND THE POINTS hourglass design for Lori Zaino.

And finally, the phrase that runs through her whole biography: luxe on a budget. We gave a backpack a crown. The honeyed russet tag is the backpack half of the story. The black tag carries the crown in gold foil – that half is staying at the Ritz.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

The black-and-white LUXE ON A BUDGET crowned-backpack stamp design created for Lori Zaino's leather luggage tag collection.

Two leather luggage tags in black and honeyed russet stamped with the LUXE ON A BUDGET crowned-backpack design for Lori Zaino.

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