Tasteful heraldic stationary

 
Ben Foster
 
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Ben Foster
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27 December 2006 17:01
 

I am considering some custom stationary employing one of the charges from my COA.  I have seen stationary in the past that is, let us say, a little over the top, and I would like to avoid this.  My thought was to have a small watermark in the lower right corner consisting of a hunting horn.

Do any of the members use heraldic stationary?  Any thoughts on a good stationary shop?  I was looking at Crane, but they do not do the type of custom work I need.

 
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27 December 2006 17:53
 

I’ll try some of the following artists (I know they do stationary)

http://www.laurentgranier.com/

 

http://www.heraldic-artist.com/portfolio.htm

 

http://www.armoiries.be/

 

http://www.fbrose.be/timbrages.htm

 

and try http://www.cronistas.net/Engraving.htm for some embossing alternatives

 
Michael F. McCartney
 
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27 December 2006 21:34
 

I would think that just your shield (essentially your avatar) would be simple & tasteful, either in simple outline, or in black (or green) - & white.

 
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27 December 2006 22:06
 

Michael F. McCartney wrote:

I would think that just your shield (essentially your avatar) would be simple & tasteful, either in simple outline, or in black (or green) - & white.

Couldn’t agree more, I’d use mine in color.

 
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28 December 2006 18:58
 

Ben

I’ve found these but I cannot do any comment about the quality of their work since I have no references of them.

 

http://www.heraldiste.org/indexF.htm

 

http://www.bennetongraveur.com/

 
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28 December 2006 19:14
 

I made stationary simply using Adobe photoshop…. Personally I prefer the black and white rendition of my arms (grayscale) over outline or color. I use my arms on letterheads.