So I am finally in my degree show space! After a couple of coats of paint it was looking a lot better.
I found it a lot easier to think where I am going to place my work now I’m there. Although I sketched out some rough plans it is not until you get in the space you realise how much room you actually have and start to question the plans and if they’re going to work. I originally planned to have my boards 5 along and 6 up. Although once in my space with the dimensions of the wall I realised it makes a lot more sense to have my boards 6 along and 5 up. The way I had originally planned would look too crammed on my wall which I didn’t want.
Had the help of Matt to help me put up these boards. We borrowed the laser level to help make sure these boards were put up level and straight. We lined up the laser against objects in the studio which we knew were straight to check it was level. We then began mounting them on the wall with Velcro tape. we measured 12.5cm between each board both horizontally and vertically to keep the same distance throughout. We then used the laser level after one board from the next row was measured. However we found a problem. The level wasn’t actually level … Not sure how this happened as we tested it but this meant my boards were now slightly out! Luckily it wasn’t a lot but enough that they needed to be moved, as I wanted them to all be of equal distance.
Whilst moving one of the boards we found out that the velcro is a lot stronger than thought for. On the plus side there won’t be any falling down anytime soon, on the downside one of the velcro pieces pulled all the paint around the piece off meaning I was left with a small hole. Luckily it could be fixed with some filler. I will need to dab a couple of coats on top when next in the studio to then re stick my board back! I’m hoping once they’re all up they will look effective.
