In the weeks since my last update here is what has happened:
All my MDF pieces were cut and decorated using permanent markers, one by one. I chose to use red white and black in a Frank Miller style for high contrast maxiumum impact on the viewer. The edges of each piece and all the panels were painted black using acrylic, simply because it was quicker and required no priming with te right consistency of paint. Also no detail was needed so paint applied with a brush to creat solid black was the best and easiest choice.
I used 0.7mm fishing wire of 60lbs strain strength, looped through the edges or corners of each piece, through holes which I drilled using 1 and 1.5mm drill bits.
My exhibition space consists of two boards standing perpendicular to eachother at their corners at 90 degrees. The metal grid was placed on top, also resting on a wooden beam which was placed toward the front end of the space in order to bring the grid as far forward as possible.
The pieces were hung by attaching to wire to paperclips, which turned out to be far easier and equally as effective as making all my hooks, so i saved myself a lot of time.
The final piece was built from the ground up to ensure that there would be enough space for all the mdf drawings. The drawings are displayed slightly differently to the original plan, due to miscalculation of space available. Effectively I had initially planned for the piece to hang from the ceiling, allowing for pretty much as much space as I needed. As it turns out the exhibition boards are around 2.5metres so that’s how much space I had to work with, deciding against ceiling haning, as it would be simpler to create a show that cannot be seen from behind using boards.
My initial plans for a second and third outcome fell apart due to a combination or lack of time and underestimation of the amount of work that my main final piece needed in order to fnish it completely without compromising quality. As it stands, I am very happy with my exhibition, but if I could go back I would decide on the number of outcomes I wanted to produce far earlier during the 10 weeks.
