My work is finally all set up and ready for the degree show. It has been a very stressful time with getting the frames ready, with the mounts and work inside. I have had many problems but I eventually managed to sort them and am very happy with how everything looks.
Problems I had:
- The few problems I have had was a couple of glass of frames breaking and so I needed to work around.
- The steel in frames were very heavy and so was the big frame.
- Floor paint running out.
- Sorting out a plinth big enough for my miniature gardens.
- The mud and rust from the steel, creating dirt on the mounts.
How I solved these:
- When the glass broke I had to change what I put into the exhibition and luckily enough had enough work with frames to place into it.
- The big frame I took the glass out and tried it without it and it was a lot lighter and looked better with out the glass. You are able to appreciate the texture of the mud as well as the image that portrays. I then took out all the glass with my mud paintings to have a consistancy and that worked really well.
- The steel has a lot of nails in place to keep it steady as it is the actual steel that makes it heavy.
- I had very little floor paint to cover my floor as I had to wait til the Friday to paint as I had to paint my large frame. Luckily Lorraine on my course was kind enough to give me some of her paint.
- I spent so long trying to find a plinth or materials large enough to have all four gardens on but this was proving difficult. I had many ideas on what to use; upside down planters, slabs of wood layered up, creating a table of some sort. None of these ideas seem easy. When I went into Uni I found a large plinth that hadn’t been claimed yet and it was perfect, all I had to do was paint it.
- The dirt that comes off the steel and mud paintings was very frustrating but all I can keep doing is cleaning it (I tried hairspray to try and hold them into place) but I have just had to realise is that they probably will become messy but there is not much I can do.
Now I just look forward to the degree show and relaxing. It has been amazing seeing everyone’s work come together and look very professional.
Here are some photos of my degree show (minus the gardens as they still need more sunlight):
