I was just told not to “date “ my pieces, but come up with a numbered way of keeping track. Then mark them in a diary with all pertinent info. Can anyone expand on this practice? Thanks for any and all help given
Paul
Paul
I didn't think about my pyrography set. I may start using that to mark. As of now, was just using a perm marker pen. LolDo whatever you want. It's your creation. Don't feel compelled to follow other people's "rules" (except for this one ). I sign my name because I won't kid myself into thinking thinking that Antiques Roadshow will have a catalog of initials or "marks"that identifies something as mine. I usually give my pieces a name or title. Being an engineer, I used to date it with year, month, day, hour, minute, and second ... . But now year works just fine. If I know the wood then I usually also include that as well. I've used all sorts of ways to do the marking, but since I have become pretty good at pyrography that is what I usually do.
Bill, your comment made me chuckle. As woodturners we take our work pretty serious, as we should. We've poured countless dollars and time into it and for most of us it has become a real passion. But only about one in a gazillion of us will ever reach celebrity status in any world outside of woodturning. But Bill, you just might be the one.Do whatever you want. It's your creation. Don't feel compelled to follow other people's "rules" (except for this one ). I sign my name because I won't kid myself into thinking thinking that Antiques Roadshow will have a catalog of initials or "marks"that identifies something as mine. I usually give my pieces a name or title. Being an engineer, I used to date it with year, month, day, hour, minute, and second ... . But now year works just fine. If I know the wood then I usually also include that as well. I've used all sorts of ways to do the marking, but since I have become pretty good at pyrography that is what I usually do.
But Bill, you just might be the one.
Thanks for the info. Let me explain what ment in my original post. If you “date” your project then try selling it years later, the buyer sees the “date” and thinks wow this is old I don’t want a old piece. If it’s numbered they have no idea when it was made, unless you tell them. Sounded logical to me at the time.
My system starts with the year (18) followed by the sequential number. My last piece was "18160" then I add the wood species and a signature medallion in the center.
Awesome - thanks! I'll have a look.