THE IRON ROW – a Boerum Hill leather collection

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

An August study.

THE IRON ROW – a small leather collection for Boerum Hill, drawn from the 1885 Italianate row on Atlantic Avenue, its cast-iron storefronts and their cornices. Five stamps, pressed into leather goods from luggage tags to journals.

First, we drew the row itself – six storefronts raised together in 1885, standing shoulder to shoulder under one continuous cornice – and set ATLANTIC AVENUE beneath them, so the design runs lengthwise along the tag. The black tag carries it in gold, after the avenue's aged brass; the pale warm greige and chestnut tags press blind.

The six-storefront row stamp drawn for THE IRON ROW leather collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

Black, gray-sand, and brown leather luggage tags stamped with Atlantic Avenue storefronts for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Next, the slender cast-iron colonnettes that frame the row's display windows. We stood one on the keychain fob and let it hold BOERUM and HILL apart, with 1885 at its base – the same quiet work it has done for the glass since the row went up.

The cast-iron colonnette stamp drawn for THE IRON ROW leather collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

On the black fob the colonnette runs in gold; on pale warm greige it presses blind.

Black and gray-sand leather keychains stamped with a cast-iron colonnette for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Then the scrolled bracket that carries the cornice overhead. We stamped it small in the kit's lower right corner with HOLDING UP SINCE 1885 – a toiletry bag makes the same promise every trip. The stack pairs warm mid-gray over deep brown, plaster over iron.

The scrolled cornice bracket stamp drawn for THE IRON ROW leather collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Two brown leather dopp kits stamped with a scrolled cornice bracket for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Then the storefront entire – three bays around a recessed door, a modillioned cornice overhead – with ON DISPLAY beneath the bulkheads. A catchall tray is a display window for whatever the day left in your pockets.

The Italianate storefront stamp drawn for THE IRON ROW leather collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

It looks genuinely beautiful on the golden tan.

A golden tan leather catchall tray stamped with an Italianate storefront for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

And finally, the one we liked the most. The row's ornament was cast once, in 1885, and has kept its shape on the street ever since. The journal's corner carries a small iron panel with SET IN IRON at its center – write it down and it stays. One journal in deep wine, one in pale warm greige.

The decorative cast-iron panel stamp drawn for THE IRON ROW leather collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

Gray-sand and sangria leather journals stamped with decorative iron panels for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

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 on Atlantic Avenue and you'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.

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A black leather luggage tag stamped with Atlantic Avenue storefronts for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

A gray-sand leather luggage tag stamped with Atlantic Avenue storefronts for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

A Sicilian brown leather luggage tag stamped with Atlantic Avenue storefronts for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

A black leather keychain stamped with a cast-iron colonnette for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

A gray-sand leather keychain stamped with a cast-iron colonnette for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

A gray-sand leather journal stamped with a decorative iron panel for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

A sangria leather journal stamped with a decorative iron panel for THE IRON ROW collection of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.