Still Rolling – a leather collection for Raymond, Washington

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

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Still Rolling is a small leather collection for Raymond, Washington – a river town that went up on stilts over the tideflats and still keeps sixty-some horse-drawn carriages beside the Willapa. Luggage tags and keychains, journals and a catchall tray; every design starts as a black and white die and ends pressed into the leather.

First, we drew a stagecoach in full profile – trunks strapped to the roof rail, the cabin slung on its leather thoroughbraces – and set STILL ROLLING underneath. It is the truest thing you can say about this town's carriages, and a good promise for any piece of luggage.

Black-and-white artwork of the stagecoach and STILL ROLLING lettering for the Still Rolling leather collection of Raymond, Washington.

The black tag carries the coach in gold, the way the coaches carried their scrollwork. Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

A black leather luggage tags stamped with the stagecoach and STILL ROLLING lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

The coach-paint red and the harness tan take it as a blind stamp.

A poppy red leather luggage tags stamped with the stagecoach and STILL ROLLING lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

A caramel leather luggage tags stamped with the stagecoach and STILL ROLLING lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

Next, we built a carriage wheel entire – tapered spokes on a round hub – and ran the town's own words around the rim: RAYMOND ON THE WILLAPA.

Black-and-white artwork of the carriage wheel with RAYMOND ON THE WILLAPA lettering for the Still Rolling leather collection of Raymond, Washington.

On the keychains it becomes a badge for a pocket. Black carries the gold; the deep wine wears the same burgundy the old wheelwork was painted.

A black leather keychains stamped with the carriage wheel with RAYMOND ON THE WILLAPA lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

A sangria leather keychains stamped with the carriage wheel with RAYMOND ON THE WILLAPA lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

And on the golden tan tray the wheel presses at full size, so the keys land at the hub. It looks genuinely beautiful.

A arizona leather catchall trays stamped with the carriage wheel with RAYMOND ON THE WILLAPA lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

Then, the engine that pulled it all. We drew one horse in full profile, collar on and traces taut, over the words THE ORIGINAL ENGINE, and pressed it small into the corner of the toiletry bags – deep espresso over chestnut, mane over coat.

Black-and-white artwork of the harnessed horse and THE ORIGINAL ENGINE lettering for the Still Rolling leather collection of Raymond, Washington.

A dark espresso sicilian brown leather dopp kits stamped with the harnessed horse and THE ORIGINAL ENGINE lettering from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

And finally, the founding fact. Raymond went up on stilts over the tideflats, wooden sidewalks and all – so we stood RAYMOND on stilts too, every letter on its own pilings, with HIGH AND DRY SINCE 1907 beneath the waterline. A journal keeps its cargo the same way – high and dry.

Black-and-white artwork of the RAYMOND letters on pilings above HIGH AND DRY SINCE 1907 for the Still Rolling leather collection of Raymond, Washington.

Navy for the river at the doorstep; pale greige for the tideflat at low water.

A blueberry leather leather journals stamped with the RAYMOND letters on pilings above HIGH AND DRY SINCE 1907 from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

A gray sand leather leather journals stamped with the RAYMOND letters on pilings above HIGH AND DRY SINCE 1907 from Still Rolling in Raymond, Washington.

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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