The first image is thankfully now complete. I’m really pleased with the way it works in its given space. The chippys have built a long, shallow series of cupboards underneath to hide the building’s electrics. This will be painted very light grey. We knew that would happen from the onset and it dictated the proportions of the wall painting.
So, it’s time to concentrate on image two “London Red” . This is situated in an area that for now has a lot less light coming through. This is due to the building’s facade temporarily fitted up to over head height for security reasons. When this is removed light will flood through the fully glazed front. Having settled on the red to be used I still don’t know how it’s going to work when we get proper light and I don’t like surprises that are this big. On the plus side the reflections of the red buses passing by outside should interact with the painting very well. Let’s hope so.
One of the problems that has plagued me throughout this project is physically getting the job done whilst other people are doing their work. For example “Sorry mate, you can’t work here the floor leveller is coming in”. Well, if the contractor had communicated that to the architect he would have informed me, saving me a 3 hour journey. Hey ho…
To the contractor the artist and the art is of the lowest priority, way lower than the painter/decorator, perhaps that’s as it should be? I’m re thinking my pleasant comments about artisans from my previous blog!
Hopefully my next blog will contain photographs of the completed “London Red”, but then who knows when that shuttering is coming down?
