Over the weekend, I played around with my lengths and attempted to put them into some sort of context. normally I would do this digitally with my repeat works, but obviously as these were not in repeat, I think I'd have found it really difficult to do so. Instead, it was all about strategically placed furniture and well thought out camera angles. It was fun, but I think I'll stick to doing it digitally from now on!
Then, this afternoon, I had a chat with my tutor, Nick, about the progression of my project over Easter and how I can move forward in these last few weeks. One thing we discussed is taking away the foil element from the designs as this adds time to the manufacturing process, as well as being quite temperamental under the heat press - it doesn't fit completely, so I have to press it twice to cover all the areas, which means that some foil will get heated too much, burn and lose it's shine. In some cases, it even burns the rest of the design that is just on the edge of the press, leaving a fold in the wall covering...
I definitely learnt a lot when I was making theses lengths, mainly that I can in fact work on a large scale and I can't wait to do more stuff like this in the future! It's so freeing not just to be sat at my laptop all day. Now that I've done some smaller prints, and these lengths, it's about time I start working on my final designs and putting together more repeats, that will become a part of my final collection! Time is slipping away, so it's time to get moving!
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