This is the certificate of authenticity I send out with my artwork. A lot of artists draw on the design language of legal certificates for theirs, but I wanted mine to be a beautiful handmade object - a little artwork in its own right.

It's a proper giclee print of my arty logo (painted in gouache and gold leaf, photographed and edited in Procreate), on 100% cotton 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper. I print the rear with ink stamps made by getstamped.co.uk, name, sign and number them by hand, then wrap them in a cellophane wrapper.

If you're deciding whether to include a certificate of authenticity with your own work, or what kind, my advice would be this:

1. You don't need to include one. I own a few pieces of art myself, and only one came with a certificate. However, buyers like them, they're good for provenance, and I think they're a nice touch.

2. Don't feel like you have to make yours look like a marriage certificate or house deeds! Make the certificate a nice object for your buyers to keep. Think about the design and manufacture - make it represent your style/personality.

3. The only information you really need to include is your name, the name of the piece, the edition number, your signature and maybe the date. Personally I also include a care leaflet with my prints explaining how the print was made and how to care for and handle it - but this is a separate thing to the certificate itself.

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