Waxwing Bag Co.
  • Home
  • Bags
    • Road, Tour, and Dirt >
      • Handlebar Bags >
        • Waxwing Handlebar Bag
        • Waxwing Sandwich Bag
        • Mini Front Bag
        • Saddlebar Bag
        • Ancien Front Bag
        • Medium Rackless
        • Waxwing Rover
        • Porteur
        • Demi-Porteur
        • Waxwing-Weigle Sportif
        • Demi-Baguette
        • Handlebar bag extras
      • Saddle Bags >
        • Standard Saddlebag
        • Longflap Saddlebag
        • Small Saddlebag
        • Seat Wedge
        • Trunk Bag
      • Panniers >
        • Classic Panniers
        • Roll-Top Panniers
        • Camping Panniers
        • Waxwing 'Anythings Bag
      • Porteurs >
        • Demi Porteur
        • Porteur
    • Bike Packing >
      • Saddlebar Bag
      • Frame & Top Tube Bags >
        • Frame Bag: Half Bag
        • Frame Bag: Full Frame
        • Waxwing Top Tube Bag
      • Grab Bags
      • Wawing Basket Bag
      • 'Anythings bags
      • Panniers
    • In stock-ready to ship
    • The Ordering Process
    • Color and Fabric Options
    • Bag Size and Attachment
  • Equipment
    • RaClips
    • Dock-It™ >
      • Shop Dock-It™
      • www.dockittm.com
    • Racks & Decaleurs
    • Handlebar bag extras
  • Accessories
    • Reflectors
    • Tool Roll
    • Leather Mudflaps
    • Mudflaps
    • Waxwing Bag Co Patch
    • Waxwing Gift Certificate
    • Elastic
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • About
    • Meet the maker!
    • Waxwing in the News
    • Services
    • Login
  • Owner Gallery

Patches! ..and the evolution of an idea.

12/1/2015

1 Comment

 
Picture
Funny how moving one part into place opens things up. While we were on vacation last February, walking on a beach with our friend John, it suddenly came to me "Waxwing" bags. I told Nancy and John and the idea was greeted warmly.  I knew it was going to stick, unlike the many previous stabs which never felt quite right. 

Having the name in hand allowed me to start doodling and playing with logo ideas, and slowly the image above has taken form. It will likely evolve further, but I'm happy enough with it that I finally decided to get patches made. They will now go on all bags I make. Its a sign I feel solid enough about my work that I'm willing to attach a name to it. Fun stuff for sure!
Picture
The patches, made by Falls Creek Outfitters in Pennsylvania. 
Picture
I took the sketch below (done on an iPad with 53's Paper app) and moved it over to Illustrator where I spent a bunch of time cleaning it up and trying to balance letters and give the waxwing some flow. I wanted to have a clean image but keep the handmade quality of the design, and I"m quite happy with where it landed. For future iterations of the patch, I'll beef up the lines of the bird and probably drop the town/state lettering. Like any design, its possible to keep messing with it forever, so at some point I just said good enough and got the patches produced, and I'm glad I did. 
Picture
1 Comment
rushessays link
9/24/2019 09:29:42 pm

Just like what they thought of the products, I also believe that Waxwing" bags will be a good stepping stone for them to level up on their business. True enough because it had a good feedback from people right after you launched it and people were desiring to have their own copies. Doodling and playing with logo ideas is a good thing because you Gert to practice what you have learned to! If you have great ideas, you can always turn it into something useful!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    D. Cain

    Cyclist and craftsman. 

    Picture

      Sign up for periodic notes, stories and behind the scenes tales from an adventurous bagmaker

    submit

    Picture

    Archives

    January 2022
    March 2021
    February 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    October 2019
    October 2018
    November 2017
    August 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Copyright © 2023
  • Home
  • Bags
    • Road, Tour, and Dirt >
      • Handlebar Bags >
        • Waxwing Handlebar Bag
        • Waxwing Sandwich Bag
        • Mini Front Bag
        • Saddlebar Bag
        • Ancien Front Bag
        • Medium Rackless
        • Waxwing Rover
        • Porteur
        • Demi-Porteur
        • Waxwing-Weigle Sportif
        • Demi-Baguette
        • Handlebar bag extras
      • Saddle Bags >
        • Standard Saddlebag
        • Longflap Saddlebag
        • Small Saddlebag
        • Seat Wedge
        • Trunk Bag
      • Panniers >
        • Classic Panniers
        • Roll-Top Panniers
        • Camping Panniers
        • Waxwing 'Anythings Bag
      • Porteurs >
        • Demi Porteur
        • Porteur
    • Bike Packing >
      • Saddlebar Bag
      • Frame & Top Tube Bags >
        • Frame Bag: Half Bag
        • Frame Bag: Full Frame
        • Waxwing Top Tube Bag
      • Grab Bags
      • Wawing Basket Bag
      • 'Anythings bags
      • Panniers
    • In stock-ready to ship
    • The Ordering Process
    • Color and Fabric Options
    • Bag Size and Attachment
  • Equipment
    • RaClips
    • Dock-It™ >
      • Shop Dock-It™
      • www.dockittm.com
    • Racks & Decaleurs
    • Handlebar bag extras
  • Accessories
    • Reflectors
    • Tool Roll
    • Leather Mudflaps
    • Mudflaps
    • Waxwing Bag Co Patch
    • Waxwing Gift Certificate
    • Elastic
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • About
    • Meet the maker!
    • Waxwing in the News
    • Services
    • Login
  • Owner Gallery