Ross Fraser × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

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

An August study.

For Ross Fraser.

First, the whisky one. We drew the flat head of a cask – hoop, boards and bung – and ringed it with MATURED IN TRANSIT, with ANGELS SHARE INCLUDED beneath, because good leather ages the way good whisky does. The trio is pressed as a maturation ladder, from pale golden tan down through chestnut to sherry-dark espresso.

The black-and-white MATURED IN TRANSIT cask stamp design for Ross Fraser's original leather luggage-tag collection.

Three brown leather luggage tags stamped MATURED IN TRANSIT for Ross Fraser's original collection.

Next, we measured your byline in latitude. A thistle hangs at 57°N and a palm at 1°N, on one dotted meridian – Scotland and Southeast Asia on the same strap. Deep pine green for one end of the line, pale sea-blue for the other.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

The black-and-white thistle, meridian and palm stamp design for Ross Fraser's original leather luggage-tag collection.

Deep green and pale sea-blue leather luggage tags linking Scotland and Southeast Asia in Ross Fraser's original collection.

Then, we settled the carousel in one word. A printer's fist points at MINE, running lengthwise so the whole strap makes the claim. The warm red tag can be spotted from the far side of the belt. The black one carries the word in gold.

The black-and-white pointing-hand and MINE stamp design for Ross Fraser's original leather luggage-tag collection.

Warm red and black leather luggage tags stamped MINE for Ross Fraser's original collection.

Next, one for the address flap. We sealed an envelope in wax under the words THE ADDRESS IS ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS – a tag that treats your details the way the flap does. Blind deboss on deep espresso brown and warm gray, the quietest finish we make.

The black-and-white sealed-envelope stamp design for Ross Fraser's original leather luggage-tag collection.

Deep brown and warm gray leather luggage tags stamped with the need-to-know address design for Ross Fraser's original collection.

Then, one from your other trade. We set RANKS FIRST ON THE CAROUSEL around a suitcase in a laurel wreath – fifteen years of moving things to the top of the page, applied to baggage reclaim. Navy and warm tan take the blind deboss. First place gets gilded, so the black tag carries the gold.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

The black-and-white RANKS FIRST suitcase and laurel stamp design for Ross Fraser's original leather luggage-tag collection.

Black, navy and caramel leather luggage tags stamped RANKS FIRST ON THE CAROUSEL for Ross Fraser's original collection.

And finally, the editor's rosette. We pressed INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED into a county-fair prize ribbon – the phrase that guards your guides, awarded back to the one doing the selecting. Deep wine and pale greige.

The black-and-white INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED prize-rosette stamp design for Ross Fraser's original leather luggage-tag collection.

Deep wine and pale greige leather luggage tags stamped INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED for Ross Fraser's original collection.

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