Textile tags can be made from a variety of materials, from unbleached muslin
to Tyvek. What you choose should be determined by what you're marking as
should the thread and pen. Sewing tags takes some care not to break the
threads of the object being sewn. 

Now is a good time to plug a couple of resources that you should add to your
bookshelf 

The New Museum Registration Methods by Buck and Gilmore and available from
the AAM bookstore <www.aam-us.org> 

and

Beyond Fingernail Polish III available from the Registrar's Committee
<www.rcaam.org> look under publications or contact the RC chair. 

Together they will help you figure out what to use. 

Please remember to be careful with advice you receive from people who have
not seen your objects. Often the advice is right on target but occasionally
you'll run into well meaning but completely misplaced information. Always
examine your sources.  

Diane Gutenkauf

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:44:01 -0400, Simpson, Monica
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Diane:
>
>What do you use to write the number on the tag?  Do you use textile or
>Tyvek tags?
>
>Thanks,
>Monica Simpson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Diane Gutenkauf
>Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:18 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Shoelaces as Objects
>
>
>Maybe I missed it, but did anyone suggest marking them like other
>textiles? Typically textiles are labeled with sew on tags. That's how
>I'd do it. 
>
>Diane Gutenkauf
>
>On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:46:37 -0400, Simpson, Monica
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Elizabeth:
>>
>>Thanks for the info.  Can you tell me your source for purchasing the 
>>Millennium Pen?
>>
>>Monica

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