The Twenty-First and X Collection – a Sacramento leather stamping study
From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of leather stamping studies.
An August study.
Waterfall Volume I-C.
For Sacramento – for the corner of 21st and X Streets, out on the Grid. We call it the Twenty-First & X Collection.
First, the corner itself. We crossed a numbered street with a lettered one, the way the Grid does it, and set a star where 21st meets X – on a keychain, so the spot rides in your pocket.
The black fob carries the gold.
Next, the luggage tags. A little steamship runs its dotted route the length of the tag and arrives at an X, over OLD THINGS TRAVEL WELL – whatever has already crossed an ocean in a crate will manage an overhead bin.
Looks great when stamped onto the leather. The black tag carries the gold.
Then a tree for the City of Trees – one broad elm holding a whole afternoon of shade, pressed small into the corner of the toiletry bag, warm tan over deep brown, the colors old furniture arrives in.
After that, the catchall tray, the dish where the day's finds land. We handed FINDERS KEEPERS to a magpie, the original collector, caught with a ring in its beak.
It looks genuinely beautiful on the golden tan tray.
And finally, the one we liked the most. An old skeleton key above WORTH KEEPING – the lock is long gone and the key is still here, which is roughly how a journal works.
Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather – deep wine and deep green, the colors of old book spines.
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 the shop on that corner and you'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.