Workshop Reference 152 Workshop marks
The Workshop Record
The card or label that carries a piece's numbers, date, cloth and verdict. Documentation that travels with the garment.
What it is
Every piece made here has a story that is easy to lose: which design it is, which attempt, what it was cut from, when, from which revision of the pattern, and what the maker made of it when it was done. The Workshop Record is that story written down and kept with the piece.
It is a record, not a label. A label says who. The record says what, which and when.
What it carries
| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Project | Project 004 · Standard Issue Jean | The design. Never changes. |
| Prototype | Prototype 2 | Which attempt at the design. |
| Run / No. | Run 1 · 03 | Which piece within a run, once a version is settled. |
| Pattern revision | Rev. B | Which revision of the master pattern it was cut from. |
| Cloth | (as on the material page) | The main material, by name. |
| Date | (month and year) | When it was finished. |
| Verdict | Probably Overbuilt. | The Workshop Verdict — see its page. |
| Checked | — | Initialled when the piece has been looked over before leaving. |
The numbers are explained under Project, prototype and run numbers.
Forms it takes
- A card on heavy paper, stamped with the seal, filled in by hand, and sent with the piece. This is the form that exists as a design.
- A label inside the garment, carrying the essential fields — project, prototype, run — so the identity stays with the piece when the card is lost.
- A printed record, screen-printed onto cloth or paper for a run large enough to justify it. Considered; nothing printed yet.
As of this writing no Workshop Record has been issued with a finished piece; the fields above are what the project pages already track (the ledger at the foot of each one) and what the pattern masters already carry. The record is the same information made physical, and the Workshop marks page says where it stands.
Why bother
Because prototypes are part of the story, not something to hide. A jean marked Prototype 2 is honest about being an attempt, and a jean marked Run 1 · 03 is honest about being one of a handful. The record lets a piece be traced back to its pattern revision if it ever needs a repair, a copy or a comparison — and it lets the maker learn from the last one before cutting the next.