The grandchildren have been delivered back to their parents unscathed...as are we, almost!
While they were quiet, I spent a little time on the computer trying to develop a logo for the headstocks of these guitars.
Material Values is the name of the craft business that my sisters have been running for years with their exquisite hand sewn heirlooms. They kindly allow me to use the business name to promote, advertise or sell any of my woodcraft items.
I already have a label for the inside of the guitars designed 20 years ago.
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For the logo I had a little vote online among my FB 'friends' and rellies for their choice.
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I don't know how to make these images smaller on here, but the worded version is 40mm wide and the letters version is 30mm wide.
Here's a mock up.
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It was a close run thing, but the FB community preferred the letters logo based on the fact that the name was printed on the label inside the guitar. I'm still in two minds and will have a practice run on the desk surface in front of me.
I am nowhere near skilled enough to make the logo out of abalone or Mother of Pearl or any other exotic materials and then have to inlay that shape into a routed identical shape in the headstock. So I shall be using waterslide transfers, and to use them, they have to be fixed before the lacquering regime which will go over the top of them. So that is this week's project.
The first mistake I made was to order laser print transfer sheets and I only have an inkjet printer. The second mistake I made was to order clear transfer sheets and any lightening of colour like the grey in the logos above, to simulate silver, uses the white of printing paper as my printer doesn't print white. The white backed sheets arrived through the post this morning.
I may not get the practice runs done today. Mission Control wants to visit a wool shop closing down an hour away, and I'm waiting for a call back from a vendor on FB of a machine I would like to buy.