Meet Me at the Square × Leatherius Woodman – a Medina, Ohio leather stamping study

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

An August study – Volume I-D.

Medina, Ohio keeps a square the whole town returns to, and this study presses that habit into leather. Five original designs, one collection – Meet Me at the Square.

First, we drew the octagonal gazebo at the heart of Uptown Park and set the town's standing invitation around it – MEET ME AT THE SQUARE – for the luggage of everyone who carries Medina away and means to come back.

The gazebo stamp plate for the Meet Me at the Square leather collection of Medina, Ohio.

The black tag carries the invitation in gold, the way the square carries its lights on a December night. Deep evergreen and warm poppy red follow in blind deboss.

A black leather luggage tag gold-stamped with Medina's gazebo for the Meet Me at the Square collection of Medina, Ohio.

A forest-green leather luggage tag stamped with Medina's gazebo for the Meet Me at the Square collection of Medina, Ohio.

A poppy-red leather luggage tag stamped with Medina's gazebo for the Meet Me at the Square collection of Medina, Ohio.

Next, the keychains. We folded a paper luminaria, lit the candle inside it and wrote LIGHT THE WAY HOME beneath – the Candlelight Walk distilled down to the ring that lets you in the door.

The luminaria stamp plate for the Meet Me at the Square leather collection of Medina, Ohio.

Black carries the flame in gold. The caramel fob is the warm tan of the paper bag itself.

A black leather keychain gold-stamped with a luminaria for the Meet Me at the Square collection of Medina, Ohio.

A caramel leather keychain stamped with a luminaria for the Meet Me at the Square collection of Medina, Ohio.

Then the journals. The band has played the square's summers since 1859, so we sent a five-line staff rolling across the cover corner beneath THE BAND PLAYS ON – the right opening bar for anyone starting a new chapter. It looks genuinely beautiful.

The community-band stamp plate for the Meet Me at the Square leather collection of Medina, Ohio.

A sangria leather journal stamped for Medina's community-band tradition in the Meet Me at the Square collection.

A forest-green leather journal stamped for Medina's community-band tradition in the Meet Me at the Square collection.

After that, the catchall tray. We mapped the square from above, four streets for a frame and eight paths meeting at the gazebo, and ran IT ALL COMES BACK TO THE SQUARE along the streets. A tray keeps the same promise – whatever leaves your pockets in the morning is home again by night.

The Uptown Park plan stamp plate for the Meet Me at the Square leather collection of Medina, Ohio.

An Arizona leather catchall tray stamped with Medina's Uptown Park plan for the Meet Me at the Square collection.

And finally, the dopp kit. We took the scalloped Victorian rooflines of Court Street, pressed the skyline into the corner and set MEDINA OHIO beneath it, so the square turns up wherever the bag gets unpacked. Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

The Court Street roofline stamp plate for the Meet Me at the Square leather collection of Medina, Ohio.

Country-gray and dark-espresso leather toiletry bags stamped with Court Street rooflines for the Meet Me at the Square collection of Medina, Ohio.

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.

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