Small Sacred Things – a Calistoga leather collection

From the Practice Log – Waterfall Volume I-C, an independent stamping study.

A September study.

Small Sacred Things – a leather collection designed for Calistoga, where hot water has run under the town longer than the town has been there. Five small stamped-leather goods, luggage tag to catchall tray, each carrying its own mark.

First, we drew the geyser for the luggage tags – a column of hot water climbing out of the volcanic strata, with DEPARTS ON TIME underneath. It has kept that promise longer than any airline.

The black-and-white DEPARTS ON TIME geyser stamp artwork from the Small Sacred Things leather collection of Calistoga, California.

The black tag carries the geyser in gold foil.

A black leather luggage tag with a gold geyser stamp from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

Deep green and warm mid-gray take it as a blind deboss.

A forest-green leather luggage tag stamped with a geyser from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

A warm gray leather luggage tag stamped with a geyser from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

Next, we gave the keychain a Victorian keyhole with an open eye at the aperture, and set FOR THE CURIOUS beneath it – a fob that knows what keys are for.

The black-and-white FOR THE CURIOUS keyhole stamp artwork from the Small Sacred Things leather collection of Calistoga, California.

On the black fob the keyhole is pressed in gold, like light through a door.

A black leather keychain with a gold Victorian keyhole stamp from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

On dark espresso, the color of the door, it goes blind.

A dark espresso leather keychain stamped with a Victorian keyhole from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

Then we pressed a dried seed head onto the journals, herbarium style, with a specimen label that reads CALISTOGA and leaves the ruled lines empty – the label waits for what you find.

The black-and-white Calistoga herbarium specimen stamp artwork from the Small Sacred Things leather collection of Calistoga, California.

Looks quietly beautiful stamped into the corner, in deep green and in pale warm greige.

A forest-green leather journal stamped with a botanical specimen from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

A pale warm leather journal stamped with a botanical specimen from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

For the dopp kit we took the town's oldest prescription and stamped it whole: TAKE THE WATERS, steam rising off a ripple line – navy over dark espresso, water over volcanic earth.

The black-and-white TAKE THE WATERS stamp artwork from the Small Sacred Things leather collection of Calistoga, California.

Navy and dark espresso leather toiletry bags stamped TAKE THE WATERS from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

And finally, the tray that names the collection. We built a Victorian arch with light falling through it and set SMALL SACRED THINGS inside, because that is what a tray by the door actually holds.

The black-and-white SMALL SACRED THINGS arch stamp artwork from the Small Sacred Things leather collection of Calistoga, California.

In golden tan, at generous size, it is our favorite of the five.

A golden tan leather catchall tray stamped SMALL SACRED THINGS from the Small Sacred Things collection of Calistoga, California.

We made this out of love. Leatherius Woodman is on a mission to create and share artifacts of beauty, craft and love – this collection is one of them, and we hope the feeling is mutual. Every image is a render – how we prototype before cutting a die.

If something here belongs on your keys or by your door, or you'd like anything changed – say hello through our contact page.