Do You Sign Your Work?

[Norma_S]

I received my first order for a gallery wrap canvas (a 16x20 stunning B&W portrait). My question is do you guys sign your gallery wraps? What about prints?

Norma

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by Norma_S

I received my first order for a gallery wrap canvas (a 16x20 stunning B&W portrait). My question is do you guys sign your gallery wraps? What about prints?

Norma

I usually sign canvas 16X20 or larger. I use the goldriter foil pen.

[d2creative]

Don, where do you sign it and how big?

[bondarnes]

I sign on a diagonal in one of the lower corners. The size is my usual signature size. It looks good on a 16X20, but it would be too big on anything smaller.

[Norma_S]

Originally Posted by bondarnes

I usually sign canvas 16X20 or larger. I use the goldriter foil pen.

I've seen those goldriter foil pens online but didn't know how good they look. Does it produce a fine line or more of a medium line? Since this canvas is to be delivered to the client in the next couple of days, I don't have the time to go that route but it's nice to know for future occasions.

Don, have you ever tried out some of the fine tipped silver or gold gel pens? If so, how does the goldriter foil pen compare to a metallic gel pen?

Norma

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by Norma_S

I've seen those goldriter foil pens online but didn't know how good they look. Does it produce a fine line or more of a medium line? Since this canvas is to be delivered to the client in the next couple of days, I don't have the time to go that route but it's nice to know for future occasions.

Don, have you ever tried out some of the fine tipped silver or gold gel pens? If so, how does the goldriter foil pen compare to a metallic gel pen?

Norma

I tried the gel pens, but didn't like them as well. They wrote too broadly for my taste. The GoldRiter pen is pressure sensitive, so if you write quickly with light pressure you will get a fine line. Add a little more pressure and slow down and the line gets broader.

I have an extra GoldRiter that I could send you to try out.

[photostein]

Yes, I sign everything, digitally with a signature captured by my Wacom in a color that compliments the photo.

Originally Posted by Norma_S

I received my first order for a gallery wrap canvas (a 16x20 stunning B&W portrait). My question is do you guys sign your gallery wraps? What about prints?

Norma

[Norma_S]

Originally Posted by bondarnes

I have an extra GoldRiter that I could send you to try out.

Thanks, Don. That's very generous of you. The goldriter pens aren't that expensive (<$50 for the kit) so I just went ahead and ordered one today. I figured if you found it useful and liked it then that was enough of an endorsement for me to get it.

I probably spent $30 on various metallic markers and pens about a year or so ago looking for one that actually looked metallic and wrote with a fine enough line to allow for my normal sized signature. I thought about a goldriter back then but decided to pass.

The lady I spoke to when I ordered it said to be careful with stretched canvas and to put something solid under that corner so to not stretch the canvas with the pressure required to make it work. Have you ever used it on a stretched canvas?

Norma

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by Norma_S

Thanks, Don.

The lady I spoke to when I ordered it said to be careful with stretched canvas and to put something solid under that corner so to not stretch the canvas with the pressure required to make it work. Have you ever used it on a stretched canvas?

Norma

That sounds like a good idea. I have always rested my hand on the stretcher bars and have never applied enough pressure to stretch the canvas. I will use a support underneath in the future.