The Provident Desert – a Scottsdale leather collection, Volume II
From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of leather stamping studies.
A September study.
Volume II of our Scottsdale studies. The Sonoran Desert is quietly good at providing – it banks its rain and it re-lets its nest holes – and Old Town keeps its lamps lit late to match. We pressed four of these habits into leather, from luggage tags to journals, and called the set The Provident Desert.
First, the town's hours. Old Town leaves its lanterns burning over the porches long after the sun quits, and the saguaro opens its flowers only at night – so we hung three lanterns above a blooming crown and wrote OPEN LATE.
The black tag carries the lanterns in gold. It looks genuinely beautiful.
Warm tan and pale greige take the blind press.
A toiletry bag keeps the same hours, so the stamp sits low in the corner of the black bag, over its deep brown base.
Next, the bison. When a storm rolls in, the herd turns to face it and stands until the weather is done – so we planted ours head-on in the slanting rain and set BUILT FOR WEATHER underneath. A fair claim for a luggage tag as well.
The black tag takes it in gold. Warm tan and pale greige are pressed blind.
Then, the neighborly one. A woodpecker carves its nest into a saguaro's flank, and after it moves out the hollow becomes housing for whoever arrives next. We drew the doorway, its tenant looking out and one more neighbor arriving on the wing, and wrote ROOM FOR ONE MORE – every keyring runs on the same policy.
Keychains with the little doorway look just awesome. It rides them in golden tan and in deep brown.
And finally, the one we liked the most. A saguaro banks every rain it meets – the pleats open out like an accordion while the water comes in, then draw tight through the dry months. We drew a young one mid-swell, holding its balance, and wrote FOR A DRY DAY.
Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather. A journal runs on the same economy – what gets put away in a good season carries you later. Deep green and warm tan, stamped low in the corner.
And the golden tan tray takes the same press at the center, holding whatever the day brought home.
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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