Make: Tips and Tales from the Workshop

4 Marking

Written communication likely began when early humans scratched simple marks into dirt with a stick. Marking things is the beginning of moving ideas out of our heads and into the physical world, to commit their measure, and to render and refine their shape. In the realm of making, we return to simple scratches, marks, and basic numbers to communicate the size and shapes of the materials we have designed. How and where we make such marks can mean the difference between a project being a success and one that’s a frustrating failure. While “Measure twice; cut once” may be the golden rule of making, if you don’t properly mark that measurement to begin with, your careful measuring will be for naught.

Mark with a Razor, Not a Pencil