So the shelf was a complete disaster. I was adamant that this Perspex shelf would hold my three folders of collections. However turns out it wouldn’t. I spoke to Karl in the morning about how I go about putting up this shelf in terms of screws etc, and he suggested I get some caps which would cover the screw heads which would make it look much nicer. So off to Wilkinson’s I went. Returned with the screws and Karl put it up for me. He suggested that the half with the drill holes needed to be angled up for the shelf rather than down, as it would probably hold the folders better. So this is what we did. However once I put the folders on I could feel the weight of them pressing down on the shelf, which then was obvious it wasn’t going to hold the weight of them. Therefore I hit the problem again how am I going to display them?
Do I forget about them? Which I didn’t really want to do as I felt they linked in quite nicely having a collection that wasn’t actually on show, that is boring, but that is the idea the removal of make-up is boring.
Do I place them on the cabinet? But this would then lose the effect of the cabinet I feel and make two pieces appear as a whole when in fact they are not.
Do I go buy a wider, stronger shelf and have the folders on? This was my next plan, until Karl offered me a plinth he no longer needed. So I decided to try this. We brought it upstairs and while at first it appeared quite large it does in fact work really well in that corner on my space. The plinth is wide enough to have all three folders laid down and one open inviting the viewer to flick through them. I feel it works better as it allows the viewer to rest it on the plinth too, which makes it easier for them and they might feel more obliged to stand and look at them. So after a disastrous beginning it actually turned out for the better thankfully.
Tomorrows plan with the help of Reuben is to set up my projector angled down at my wall and to finish improving my dress then I am done!
