Are you signing your prints?

[ryyback]

Hey all.
What would you use to actually sign a print or the matte of a print?
Pencil, sharpie??
I have to sign one today and have never signed like this.

 

[o hey tyler]

i sign on the whitespace...that way it can be covered by the matte, but adds tons of value since it has my sig on it.

Exactly why I do it. :lmao:

 

[ghache]

I signed one last week with a black permanent marker, something thin.
it was a 20X24 cavas.

 

[inaka]

I sign them all "Ansel Adams" just for kicks.

 

[ryyback]

I signed one last week with a black permanent marker, something thin.
it was a 20X24 cavas.

Thanks "ghache"

 

[KmH]

Hey all.
What would you use to actually sign a print or the matte of a print?
Pencil, sharpie??
I have to sign one today and have never signed like this.

A signature on the mat (not matte, that's a paper finish type having little sheen.) is not permanent because the mat can be changed.

For signed prints I make the mat window 1/4 inch larger on each side of the image and sign on the print paper itself. I have the print made on paper the next larger paper size than the mat window.

So if I have a 20" x 30" image, I have it printed on 24 x 36 paper and cut the mat window 20.5" by 30.5 inches.

I sign the print before it gets mounted, matted, and framed. I use a straight edge to define where the edge of the mat window will be once the work is assembled so I don't sign larger than the 1/4 space allotted for the image title and my signature.

I forgot to add, I use permanent black india ink.

 

[ann]

pencil for silver gelatin prints, archival pen for inkjet prints.