Weather Permitting – a stamped leather collection for coastal weather watchers

Weather Permitting – a small exhibition in leather. Volume II.

A September study.

Every plan made within sight of the water is signed under the same clause. The trip is on and the day off is promised – weather permitting. We pressed that clause, and the habits that live with it, into leather.

First, the fine print itself. We set WEATHER PERMITTING in wide capitals and hung a small sun where the asterisk belongs; under the rule, the footnote reads ASK THE SKY. It runs lengthwise along the tag, because every itinerary already carries this clause.

Black-and-white WEATHER PERMITTING and ASK THE SKY footnote die artwork for the Weather Permitting leather collection, Volume II.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather – from deep navy through pale warm greige to warm tan.

A blueberry navy leather luggage tag blind-debossed with WEATHER PERMITTING and ASK THE SKY for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

A pale warm greige leather luggage tag blind-debossed with WEATHER PERMITTING and ASK THE SKY for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

A caramel tan leather luggage tag blind-debossed with WEATHER PERMITTING and ASK THE SKY for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

Next, the note the empty key hook leaves behind. Around here the forecast gets verified in person – someone drives down and looks. So the keychain carries a pair of binoculars over the words GONE TO LOOK, and whenever the keys are missing, that is exactly where they are.

Black-and-white binoculars and GONE TO LOOK die artwork for the Weather Permitting leather collection, Volume II.

The pale sea-blue fob wears the color of the water he went to check; the deep brown one keeps it quiet.

A pale sea-blue leather keychain blind-debossed with binoculars and GONE TO LOOK for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

A dark espresso leather keychain blind-debossed with binoculars and GONE TO LOOK for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

Then, WEATHER OR NOT – one coin of a mark, half sun and half rain, for the habits that hold either way. A journal earns its keep on the days the sky breaks its promise, so the stamp sits in the lower corner of the cover.

Black-and-white half-sun half-rain WEATHER OR NOT die artwork for the Weather Permitting leather collection, Volume II.

On true black the press reads as a quiet shadow relief; on the deep green it sits crisp.

A black leather journal blind-debossed with WEATHER OR NOT and a split sun-and-rain mark for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

A forest-green leather journal blind-debossed with WEATHER OR NOT and a split sun-and-rain mark for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

The same mark takes the corner of the toiletry kit, warm gray over chestnut – the morning shave happens weather or not too.

Country-gray and Sicilian brown leather toiletry bags blind-debossed with WEATHER OR NOT for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

And finally, the one we liked the most. We drew a full barometer across the base of the catchall tray and set the needle on FAIR – SET FAIR, the old glass's verdict for settled good weather, and the state of a day's pockets once they land here for the night.

Black-and-white SET FAIR barometer die artwork with the needle pointing to FAIR for the Weather Permitting leather collection, Volume II.

It looks genuinely beautiful on the golden tan.

An Arizona tan leather catchall tray blind-debossed with a SET FAIR barometer for the Weather Permitting collection, Volume II.

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'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.

P.S.

An alternate blueberry leather luggage-tag rendering from the Weather Permitting study, Volume II.

An alternate gray-sand leather luggage-tag rendering from the Weather Permitting study, Volume II.

An alternate caramel leather luggage-tag rendering from the Weather Permitting study, Volume II.