#21
There’s now less than two weeks until the assessment and the final rush in the studio has begun! We’re all moving to our new spaces and cleaning up (read: PAINTING!) the studio, ready for the big day of our private view on the 6th and for the show opening on the 7th.
Can you say ‘stressful’?
Anyway, I’ve gotten my initial studio plan all ready – though whether it changes I don’t know yet, after all this panicking over the display of my work.
It might change to just one piece and the chair (which was hijacked from one of the downstairs studios by myself and Matt) on the shorter wall and three on the long wall, depending on the lightbox situation. Regardless of the method, however, the pieces will be A1 in size.
Also, after looking into different binding techniques, I’ve decided that I am going to be ribbon binding the book I am making for the drawings and stories, but adding a hard cover to it to making it feel more authentic without have to worry about the ordering of the pages when printing them.
All of this to be done before the 3rd! It’s a race to the finish now.
#20
I’ve finished my set of drawings for the story “The Boy who went forth to learn Fear”, hoping that they all give across an eerie feeling (especially since some of the scenes I have drawn are particularly morbid).
The first drawing did give me a slight feeling that I was drawing someone from Star Wars, but never mind. It’s one way to keep me entertained, I suppose.
#19
Looked into the possibilities for printing for lightboxes and after what feels like a million tries at finding the right print setting, I think that we’ve found one that works (after spending over an hour doing test prints).
HOWEVER!!
I’m feeling a little conflicted over the display as I have edited the digital images slightly to make them brighter now that I have finished all four.
Might have had a minor panicking session in the studio today over it because I prefer the normal printouts over the prints for the lightbox.
I also haven’t got a clue how to set up one lightbox, let along four. The frame isn’t the problem. It’s the wiring I’m worried about.
I’m having a tutorial tomorrow to sort this out once and for all because it’s stressing me out far too much.
This is all after a failed attempt at going gallery hopping in Colchester, as on the morning of our little excursion (Sophie Evans’ and mine), Firstsite updated their website to say that most of their exhibitions would be closed as they were being changed. But we were already on the train by this point, so we only managed to see their Jim Ede collection.
#18
Had a group crit a couple of weeks ago (I’m playing catch-up again, oops) and was a bit surprised when we spent 45 minutes basically talking about the best way to display my work.
Firstly, I need to plan how the book of my drawings and paintings is going to work – whether I buy one and place the images and stories inside, or to make one myself. At the moment it will come down to how many drawings are finished when I come to make it.
We also talked briefly about where I am going to be able to hijack a char from for the placing of the book – it needs to be a comfortable one!
For my digital work we discussed whether having them as mounted printouts would detract from their quality as they lose some of the brightness that they have on the screen, but displaying them on digital screens is no longer an option because of the costs.
Instead we decided that lightboxes would be the next best thing, so I have looked into whether this will be possible for me to carry out, as this way the images will quite literally be able to glow.
Investigation time!
#17
Quick post for this finished piece.
Forgot to take screenshots of it in process because I was just hammering it out and didn’t really stop to think. Just drew it all in one go. Didn’t even save it until it was completely finished.
Guess all this sun we’re suddenly having is acting as motivation.
