I’ve now finished my degree show piece…scary! It’s all wrapped up and stored away now, ready to attach the hanging batons just before installing it for the exhibition. Because it’s so large I haven’t been able to find anywhere big enough to lay it all out with the proper spacing between the 9 panels so it will still be a surprise for me as to what it looks like when it’s on the wall!
I’ve had my first curation group meeting, finding out what each of the other students will be exhibiting in the same room as me. We are the room of the unexpected, each work has a slightly darker side to it than you first think. Everybody is excited to see this room when it’s all finished, it’s the only room to be curated thematically as opposed to visually or by media.
I have been making some small prints as presents this week, oh how I wish we had a letterpress to make it all easier! I have been creating letter press style posters for a friend who is getting married – no photos unfortunately because the big day isn’t until the end of the month and I can’t ruin the surprise! I have 2 ideas for prints entirely unrelated to my degree work that I will be printing for a local screen print exhibtion – they will be the first in what I am sure will be many in “the ridiculous animals” series. Photos appearing at the end of next week…watch this space.
I will also be designing some editions of small prints to sell at our degree show. I’m not entirely sure what the theme for them will be yet, whether they will be directly related to my degree show work or different to show that I can do lots of different things. I won’t be designing those until the Easter holidays though so plenty of time to decide on the content…
