Taylor Fox × Leatherius Woodman – a leather stamping study

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

An August study.

For Taylor Fox.

First, your own rule – a physical tag never runs out of battery. We drew the battery and made the words the charge, packed to the walls, permanently full.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

The original NEVER RUNS OUT OF BATTERY stamp design created for the Taylor Fox leather collection.

We ran it lengthwise on three tags loud enough to spot from the far side of the carousel. The black one carries the design in gold.

Black, poppy-red, and pale sea-blue leather luggage tags stamped NEVER RUNS OUT OF BATTERY for the Taylor Fox collection.

Next, we pressed the same die on the journals, because paper runs on the same battery.

Sangria and gray-sand leather journals stamped NEVER RUNS OUT OF BATTERY for the Taylor Fox collection.

Then the catchall tray. A suitcase rides the carousel above IT ALWAYS COMES BACK – true of every checked bag, even the one that took three extra days to reach Germany, and just as true of whatever lands in the tray by the door.

The original IT ALWAYS COMES BACK baggage-carousel stamp design created for the Taylor Fox leather collection.

An arizona leather catchall tray stamped with the IT ALWAYS COMES BACK carousel design for the Taylor Fox collection.

After that, a compass whose needle rests level: ORD holds one end, LGA the other, BOTH WAYS HOME underneath. We stamped it on the keychains, since keys are the other instrument that points home. On the black fob it goes in gold, the way a good instrument gets brassed.

The original BOTH WAYS HOME compass stamp design created for the Taylor Fox leather collection.

Black and caramel leather keychains stamped with the BOTH WAYS HOME compass for the Taylor Fox collection.

The toiletry bags take a round seal – a boot sole at the center, FIELD TESTED around the rim, the two words a shelf of gear has to earn. We stamped it low in the corner, golden tan over chestnut.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

The original FIELD TESTED boot-print stamp design created for the Taylor Fox leather collection.

Arizona and sicilian-brown leather toiletry bags stamped FIELD TESTED for the Taylor Fox collection.

And finally, the passport covers. An arrival stamp, ticked around the edge like real rubber, with an empty graticule globe at the center – THIRTY COUNTRIES over AND COUNTING, the count left open on purpose. One cover in passport navy, one in pale sea-blue.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

The original THIRTY COUNTRIES AND COUNTING arrival-stamp design created for the Taylor Fox leather collection.

Blueberry and pale sea-blue leather passport covers stamped THIRTY COUNTRIES AND COUNTING for the Taylor Fox 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 Taylor Fox and you'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.