Said in Stones, Volume II – a gemstone acrostic leather collection

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of original leather stamping studies. Volume II.

A September study.

Jewelers once hid words inside jewels: line up the stones, read their first letters – ruby, emerald, garnet and so on – and the ring quietly said REGARD. Said in Stones carries that old acrostic trick into leather – five everyday objects, five small words, each spelled by the stones whose initials build it.

First, the luggage tags. We spelled SAFE in four stones – a sunstone, an amethyst, a fluorite, an emerald – each cut carrying its first letter in its face, so the word reads at a glance and the names underneath explain the choice.

Black-and-white SAFE gemstone-acrostic die artwork for the Said in Stones leather collection, Volume II.

Navy and pale warm greige take the press blind; the black tag carries all four stones in gold.

A black leather luggage tag with the SAFE gemstone acrostic pressed in gold foil for the Said in Stones collection.

A blueberry leather luggage tag blind-debossed with the SAFE gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones collection.

A gray-sand leather luggage tag blind-debossed with the SAFE gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones collection.

Next, the keychains. HOME reads down the fob the way an acrostic poem reads down its page – hematite, opal, moonstone, emerald – so the word comes home with the keys.

Black-and-white HOME gemstone-acrostic die artwork for the Said in Stones leather collection, Volume II.

On the black fob the column presses in gold; the warm tan fob takes it blind. Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

A black leather keychain with the HOME gemstone acrostic pressed in gold foil for the Said in Stones collection.

A caramel leather keychain blind-debossed with the HOME gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones collection.

Then the toiletry bags, a warm mid-gray bag stacked over a deep brown one. CARE sits small in the lower corner of each – citrine, amethyst, ruby, emerald – where the twice-daily looking-after actually happens.

Black-and-white CARE gemstone-acrostic die artwork for the Said in Stones leather collection, Volume II.

Country-gray and dark-espresso leather toiletry bags blind-debossed with the CARE gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones collection.

Then the journals. DREAM takes the grand old acrostic stones – diamond, ruby, emerald, amethyst, moonstone – because a journal is where a dream gets written down before morning can talk it out of anything. Dusty lavender is the word's own amethyst; deep wine is its ruby.

Black-and-white DREAM gemstone-acrostic die artwork for the Said in Stones leather collection, Volume II.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

A lilac leather journal blind-debossed with the DREAM gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones collection.

A sangria leather journal blind-debossed with the DREAM gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones collection.

And finally, the one we liked the most. CALM – citrine, amethyst, labradorite, moonstone – presses at generous size into the golden tan tray, under an arc that names the collection. The jewelry comes off at night and lands here, and the four stones that stay in the leather say what the landing is for.

Black-and-white CALM gemstone-acrostic die artwork for the Said in Stones leather collection, Volume II.

It looks absolutely gorgeous stamped across the golden tan.

An Arizona tan leather catchall tray blind-debossed with the CALM gemstone acrostic for the Said in Stones 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 these belong on your shelf or in your hands, and you'd like them made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.