Ideas,
tips and suggestions for signing your baskets.
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"What is your favorite way to
sign your baskets? Do you have more than one way you sign them? Does it differ according
to the type of piece you are making?
Whether you market your baskets, or
give them as gifts to family and friends, you should sign them. It is a good way to allow
the basket to be identified now and in years to come. We have been discussing a variety of
options in the BasketMakers Forum. I have gathered ideas from the Forum discussions and
other sources. Please add your suggestions to those already offered. Thanks to everyone
who contributed to these tips.
Sign your basket with a waterproof fine
black marker on the handle or on the weavers at the underside of your basket.
Use your initials or your full name
depending on the room available.
Add a date or year if space allows.
Adding "Handmade By" is a
nice touch.
Add a metal tag inscribed with your
name or your company name.
Use a rubber stamp to print a
personalized impression onto a thin piece of paper that can be glued to the basket or
handle. A few coats of sealer can be painted over the paper if required.
Use a wood burning tool to write your
signature or initials into the basket. This works especially well on solid wood bases. You
can use the writing tip to sign or purchase a customized logo or signature tip from the
woodburner tool manufacturer.
Cut a thin diagonal slab from a small
branch to write your name on. Drill a small hole in the slab add a string or raffia strand
to tie the label to your basket.
Use a tooled leather tie-on impressed
with your company logo or your name. Tie it onto the weaving or the handle of your basket.
Use a paint pen to sign your name onto
a large petal from a pine cone. Drill a small hole in the end of the petal and string it
onto your basket with raffia or waxed linen.
Include a specific combination of color
or type of materials that is identifiable as your trademark.
For example: three rows of indigo blue
weavers near the rim.
Pine needles dyed a specific color to
form first few rows of the basket start.
Tie a group of beads strung on waxed
linen in a specific combination that is recognizable as your mark.
Electric Branding Irons
Your choice of a signature logo, two line "handcrafted by" or
three line customized electric branding iron as well as a non-electric
branding iron and storage case.
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