Semester 2 Week 11

This week I have spent most of my time thinking about the matting and the framing of my project. I looked at some less expensive frames but have decided the original one I bought is better. I am now in the process of trying to get my hands on enough of them. I have also been trying to figure out what color mat I need. I bought mat board and cut some myself but the color was too much of an off white. Today, I spoke with Randy Parrish about mats. He was able to find a color that I think works well and tomorrow I am going to drop off several of my drawings so I can get fourteen mats cut.

Also I have spent a lot of time thinking about the arrangement of the drawings. Originally, I was thinking I would have twenty drawings displayed in a grid. After discussion today, I am thinking of cutting it down to twelve or fourteen (or possibly cutting it even more) of the stronger drawings in a two line arrangement. I have been using photoshop to not only help me figure out the arrangement of all of the drawings but also the actual placement of each drawing, thinking specifically about how they work with the drawings around them.

Here are some that I have been working on.

Next week, I want to have all of the physical framing and matting issues sorted out so I can spend the rest of my time with touching up any drawings that need it and the arrangement of the drawings. 

Semester 2 Week 10

I've been thinking a lot about how I will be framing, matting, and hanging my drawings. I bought a black frame which I like and now I need to figure out how the mat will work. The mat that came with the frame is white and makes the paper look very yellow. Hopefully I will be able to find a mat that matches the color of the paper.

Also I continued drawing...

One more image to come.

Work with frame ~ 1 hour

Drawing ~ 14 hours

Post Spring Break

Sorry for the late uploading.

This week I continued to draw. Here is what I have been working on.

Also before spring break, I worked on some prints of some of the early drawings.

Drawing ~ 20 hours

Printing ~ 10 hours
Thesis ~ 5 hours