Branding My Brand

[MakerUnknown]

Finished another one yesterday. I always burn my brand as the very last thing I do. This is a three wine bottle carrier I make for a winery in the Napa Valley of California.

They're rough and tumble type of bags, I leave my mistakes, I leave them without a finish.

The brand is a U symbol that I burn into the leather three times to make my logo...MU...Maker Unknown.

It's also a buddhist word standing for nothing, nothingness, formless.

The bag is wet formed.

The U heating up.

Starting the process.

The finished brand/logo. You're looking at it upside down here.

The bag. More photos here

http://cargocollecti...akerunknown/CPZ

Edited January 24, 2013 by MakerUnknown

[David8386]

Welcome to the forum. Nice work on the carrier. I also enjoyed looking at your albums, very good photography thanks for posting the link.

David

[MakerUnknown]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[benlilly1]

Unique bag...and I love the corners!

[WScott]

Cool!

It is unique, looks finely crafted and a little quirky.... Love it

The branding photos are awesome

ps welcome to the forum....show us more!!!!

Edited January 25, 2013 by WScott

[Mijo]

Unique bag...and I love the corners!

+1, your photos look good too.

[MakerUnknown]

Thanks to all.

I'm an advertising photographer by trade....I know my way around the camera and lights thing fairly well at this point.

[mrdabeetle]

I love the toggle, don't see much of that anymore. I also like the way you created ribs in the front by using the separators. I like the natural color of the leather too. That carrier is going to age better than the wine. Thank you for sharing!

[MakerUnknown]

Thanks everybody.

My girlfriend who works in journalism thinks I'm onto something with the branding my brand thing. She going to try and push it out to her contacts. So I re-shot it to create a bit more excitement to it with a bag that didn't pass muster. I wet the leather to get some "action" out of the shots.

I would edit the original but can't at this point.

Edited January 29, 2013 by MakerUnknown

[Zooker]

cool. nice work, nice photos.

[WScott]

It's pure art!

Good looking, clean shop wall in the background too

[Jason Chaney]

This bag... and your others... have given me some good ideas for a laptop bag I've been wanting to make for myself, but keep putting off because I can't quite wrap my head around how to go about it.

Thank you for the inspiration.

Your bags are cool, but not as cool as your Liquor cabinet. That is as much a work of art as a piece of fine cabinetry! Truly awesome.

[MakerUnknown]

Thanks Jason,

Yes, the liquor cabinet is more or less a conceptual piece that flows tightly around a loosely based concept of liquid..waves, ocean, fish.

The two side panels feature woodblocks that come out for printing as well as putting in others in the future.

It's for sale by the way... San Diego is close enough I'll hand deliver it.

Edited January 29, 2013 by MakerUnknown

[Jason Chaney]

This poor little stagehand couldn't afford a work of art like that. The theatre business just doesn't pay that well. But, I didn't get into it for the money.

It does afford me lots of time for hobbies like leather working and photography though.