Well Earned – a leather collection for the milestones people actually reach

A September study – Shops Volume I-C.

Well Earned is a small leather collection for milestones people actually reach – the shift that finally ends, the trip that kept being put off. Four designs, each pressed from its own black-and-white die.

First, we borrowed the library's due-date card. Two stamped dates came and went; the last line says NOW, and beneath the card stand the words LONG OVERDUE – for the trip that finally got taken.

The black-and-white LONG OVERDUE stamp plate for the Well Earned leather collection, drawn as a library due-date card.

It travels on luggage tags in vivid magenta and in pale sea-blue. The black tag carries the design in gold. Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

A vivid magenta leather luggage tag stamped LONG OVERDUE for the Well Earned collection's overdue-trip theme.

A pale sea-blue leather luggage tag stamped LONG OVERDUE for the Well Earned collection's overdue-trip theme.

A black leather luggage tag stamped in gold with LONG OVERDUE for the Well Earned collection's overdue-trip theme.

The same stamp lands in the corner of the toiletry bags, warm tan over deep brown – packed at last.

Caramel and dark espresso leather toiletry bags blind-stamped LONG OVERDUE for the Well Earned collection.

Next, a wall switch thrown to OFF between the words DONE and FOR THE DAY. We put it on the keychain you reach for when the shift ends – navy for anyone who wears it to work, black for the lights going out.

The black-and-white DONE FOR THE DAY stamp plate for the Well Earned leather collection, drawn as a wall switch turned off.

A navy blueberry leather keychain blind-stamped DONE FOR THE DAY with a wall-switch design from the Well Earned collection.

A black leather keychain blind-stamped DONE FOR THE DAY with a wall-switch design from the Well Earned collection.

The golden tan tray takes the same press – the place where keys and badge land once the day is over.

An arizona tan leather catchall tray blind-stamped DONE FOR THE DAY with a wall-switch design from the Well Earned collection.

Then, for graduates and for anyone starting over, we drew a page caught mid-turn above the words PAGE ONE. A journal begins empty on purpose.

The black-and-white PAGE ONE stamp plate for the Well Earned leather collection, drawn as a sheet turning at the corner.

It comes in deep wine and in pale rose. Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

A deep wine leather journal blind-stamped PAGE ONE with a turning-sheet design from the Well Earned collection.

A pale rose leather journal blind-stamped PAGE ONE with a turning-sheet design from the Well Earned collection.

And finally, one candle under the words ANOTHER GOOD YEAR – a birthday that stays in the pocket after the cake is gone. We pressed it on a warm red keychain.

The black-and-white ANOTHER GOOD YEAR stamp plate for the Well Earned leather collection, drawn as a lit birthday candle.

A warm red leather keychain blind-stamped ANOTHER GOOD YEAR with a birthday candle from the Well Earned collection.

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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