Style & making susumu / shin
Keep a clear record of a small handmade edition
Track the copies you make without inventing scarcity or value.
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If you make several related prints, zines or handmade objects, an edition record can help you track what exists. Decide whether the pieces are intended as a fixed group or an open series before adding numbers. A decorative number should not suggest a limit you have not actually chosen.
A closer look
Decide what your numbering means
Give each piece an identifier and record its date, version and any meaningful variation. Keep trial pieces distinct from the copies you intend to distribute. If every object differs, explain that plainly instead of implying the numbered set consists of identical reproductions.
Maintain a simple list of where each copy went, using only the personal information you need and keeping it private. Photograph identifying details where useful. If you revise the design, create a new version record rather than silently replacing an earlier piece under the same description.
See it in words
- 進む
- susumuTo move forward
- 進める
- susumeruTo move something forward
- 前進
- zenshinForward movement
A meaning to make your own
A thought to give
An advance-themed gift can celebrate a maker's completed group of work. Keep any accompanying note specific to their effort, without promising future commercial success.
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Must I number everything I make?
No. Dates and version names may be enough. Use numbering when it helps distinguish real copies, not merely because a fraction beside a signature looks official.
A character to carry with you 進
進 means advance or move forward. The connection is documenting a sequence of work clearly enough to understand what changed and what remains part of the same project.
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