It’s finally the end. This final week I just focused on making some small corrections and trimmed my blocks down. I wanted the prints to be bleed prints, meaning the images go all the way to the edge, I think it makes them look more complete and professional. I also began experimenting with ways to hang the blocks on the gallery wall and finally decided on D-hooks. The D-hooks allow for the blocks to float a little further away from the wall and Janie suggested that I get spacers so that they aren’t angled. They are all currently hanging on my studio wall and I think I have finally decided on a group of 10 that will be shown in the gallery. Originally, I was leaning towards an odd number of blocks, but because I am not planning on making a perfect grid shape, I don’t think the number of blocks will matter.
This weekend I am going to play around with arrangements by printing out copies of the blocks and physically moving them around. I was having trouble visualizing them in Illustrator and I think this will be an easier way to quickly come up with different variations. I had originally thought that I was going to hang the upper most pieces at eyelevel so the rest of the pieces would be close to the floor. However, when I hung the pieces in my studio I really liked the odd viewpoint that I got from hanging the pieces up higher. It really seems to exaggerate the angle and makes the viewer seem even more like a child. I am excited to be in the final steps, but it is still a little scary to think that I have to put up my show next week. I can’t wait to see everyone’s final pieces and discover where my blocks are going to hang.
Good luck everyone with your final corrections and I look forward to figuring out the final details of my own project. I also decided to not put any images up until my show opens because it will be more of an incentive for people to visit the gallery to see my blocks.
