[Jewelry making - Article 01298] - Re: [Orchid] Signature to Identify your work?

[Tina McDonald]

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Dia Duit Tina, 

    I've looked at your designs and thought about it for a while.  If
    you added a special signature bead, clasp, or spacer, then previous
    customers might be a little put off that their items didn't have it.
     I'm assuming that many of your customers are repeat customers or
    have been referred by other customers. So I think perhaps a
    not-so-obvious route might be something to think about.  

    If you had a custom charm done up with a design on the front and your
    initials or hallmark/trademark on the back and put it on both sides,
    perhaps customers would not be so likely to ask you to "add" it to a
    previous design as say a single special bead or clasp (which you said
    you don=92t always use anyway). If they did, you could add it easily
    via a jump ring or thread and French wire.  It would look deliberate,
    and it would not be as easy to copy as say a regular makers tag. 

    Oh, and just in case you want more info on protecting your work from
    copycats, I did find this site for you. 

    http://www.cai.ie/links.html 

Slainte!  

Tina McDonald
tlmcd AT netzero.com

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