And while I'm trying to get this wrong I'm going to be doing some studio work too.
... It's going to be a lot of studio work, actually. Which is as it should be.
I looked at my table of prints earlier this week and I was actually very proud of what I had accomplished so far. They aren't traditional by any means, but that has been the work that I have been producing all semester in all my classes. That said, I think I understand why I have to show a traditional work presentation as well as my present it how I want it method. There's a saying in the creative writing world that applies here I think. "You have to know what grammar rule you are breaking in order to break it."
That said, I'm going to try to create some works that are presented in a traditionally-bordered and traditionally-signed format. But I also want to keep playing with the presentation method if I think the piece needs something different. I even tried to size the paper correctly today! I was excited with that.
Forgive the less-than-high-quality pictures, I'll take better ones later. I was getting back in the swing of things printing-wise today, so there were still some errors in these attempts. However I kind of figured that was going to be the case with these first prints. Rather than get frustrated with them, I decided to give a new kind of paper a try and worry a little less about the formatting. I found a box of old, cream colored type-writer paper at my house years ago and thought it would be perfect for printing. I think I was right. But you should take a look and see (still sorry for the quality).
I did a little experimenting with the boarders here as well. I really like to see the color bleed and smear, but I will make an honest go at clean-edged prints... another day. :)
Studio: 4 hours
Blog: 1 hour
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