I began to play around with the ordering of the objects in the cabinet, however it wasn’t really working and I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with the objects and the cabinet. My first idea was to cover the frame of the cabinet in trains tickets or wipes. It was then in a tutorial with Robin he suggested instead of sticking something to the cabinet, to actually change the cabinet in some way such as painting it. Because the wood of the cabinet was so dark perhaps I was focusing too much on the cabinet itself rather than what was inside of it.
I sanded the cabinet down to get rid of any varnish, dusted it, and began painting with white emulsion. I decided on white as it is a nice clean colour that would perhaps make the cabinet look more spacious and blend in with the white of the studio rather than stand out with this dark frame it had. Maybe I am focusing too much on the cabinet rather than what is inside it, so hopefully this will help me.
My initial plan was just to give the cabinet a couple of coats on the outside of white. However because of the mirrors inside, it was now reflecting the very obviously unpainted frame of the inside. This really annoyed me as I wanted it to just be white, so I had to take upon the tricky task of trying to paint inside of it. It was made more awkward as the shelves did not come out So I had to work around them which proved to be a lot more difficult than I first thought. However after some time the cabinet was painted! I feel this looks a lot better. I am now keen to explore the objects I have collected; especially as I have a lot more now to work with.
