On Thu, February 24, 2011 11:53, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: > I never sign a print. I sign the back of a print. And in addition to the "style" and market expectations questions, that changes the practicalities -- the back surfaces work with different writing implements than the front, sometimes. Some papers I can write on the back with pencil, but not the front, for example. > I sign the matte as well. Those, at least, take pencil AND any normal ink just fine, and are a bit isolated from the print so there's less risk to the print. > Small prints I sign with a computer printed sticker. Thus introducing a new paper AND some adhesives into the archival equation. (Archival permanence isn't always important, of course.) -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
