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Lime green leather with the initials C G embossed in magenta

PERSONALISATION

Traditional craft. Made modern.

Colour. Design. Lettering. Embossed by hand in our Hamburg workshop.

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Colours, plus blind embossing

Neon pink, turquoise, magenta, copper, rose gold. Or no colour at all, just a relief in the leather.

over 50

Designs

A Vespa, the Eiffel Tower, a hashtag, an alpaca. From classic to unexpected.

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Typefaces in several sizes

From narrow and clean to round and flowing. Every line is set from individual brass letters.

Atelier

Your own design, developed in-house

Bring us an idea or a sketch. We draw it up and have a die made for it.

How a piece becomes yours

Every piece is prepared by hand and embossed one at a time.

From our workshop in Hamburg.

Colour. Design. Lettering.

Why should embossing always be gold?

Three decisions turn a lovely piece into yours. First the colour, then the design, then the lettering. You choose all three on the product page.

Embossing foils in several colours

Colour

Alongside gold and silver we keep neon pink, turquoise, magenta, copper and rose gold. And blind embossing, with no foil at all.

Embossing designs

Design

More than fifty designs are ready to go. A Vespa, the Eiffel Tower, a hashtag. Or a symbol that means something only to you.

Brass letters used for embossing

Lettering

Nine typefaces in several sizes, set from individual brass letters. A name, initials or a whole sentence.

Blind embossing in leather: logo and the words TRIXI GRONAU

And sometimes no colour at all

Blind embossing uses no foil. Only heat and pressure. The mark sits in the leather as a relief and only shows when the light catches it. It is the quietest way to sign a piece.

From our workshop

From sketch to brass die

Have something different in mind? We can create it.

Digital lettering C’est la Vie as vector artwork

1Design

You bring us an idea, a sketch, some handwriting or a logo. In our graphics atelier we turn it into the artwork for your embossing die. You see it at actual size before anything is made.

Brass dies with designs for embossing

2Brass die

Once you have approved the design, we have a die made in brass. It stays here with us and can be used again at any time.

Finished gold embossing on pink leather

3Finished piece

We emboss by hand, in the colour you chose. On one piece or on fifty.

Choose. Design. Emboss.

STEP 1

Choose your favourite piece

A notebook, a photo album, a luggage tag or a leather heart. Everything that can be embossed is marked.

STEP 2

Pick colour, design, lettering and position

You choose it all on the product page. For a design of your own, just drop us a line.

STEP 3

Have it embossed in Hamburg

We prepare every piece by hand and emboss it one at a time in our workshop.

STEP 4

Gift wrapping if you like

We wrap your piece as a gift and add a card if you want one.

We love traditional craft. We just don’t treat it traditionally.

Hot foil embossing is more than a hundred years old. The press, the brass letters, the pressure of the hand: little of that has changed.

What has changed is what we put into it. A lime green leather heart. An orange lever arch file. A Vespa in turquoise.

Craft is the technique. Style comes from what we make of it.

Brass letters in the workshop

NOT SURE WHAT WILL WORK?

We are happy to advise you on colour, lettering, placement or a design of your own.

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