Reviewing my work
Over the last few weeks I have been working on different ways to display my work mainly, looking at ways I can light up my acetate photography and display my photography and mirror pieces.
Firstly, I began with the idea of the light box - I successfully made one in the workshop and ahandmade one out of canvases. I liked both, they worked well but produced different results - the lightbox was very bright and good for highlighting key features of my photography, plus it could be attached to the wall; the "lantern" idea worked well in merging the two layered acetate photographs together to create a whole image and also the size and shape of the object added to an interesting effect.
Then I worked more on my mirror pieces - I experimented with paint on top of an acrylic mirror I had bought online; I used acrylic paint and glass paint which both created very different effects, the acrylic paint created a rough textured effect while the glass paint created a smooth, shiny effect that gleamed so much that looked as if the paint was still wet even when dry. I experimented with both effects together and then pasted imagery over the top of it (tracing paper photography) which created a layered effect. This worked very effectively and produced an interesting piece due to the colours and patterns that showed through the tracing paper as well as emphasising the colours of the images themselves.
Arranging the display is taking some time - I need to sort out the display and make sure the acetate images are successfully projected. Also the display of the pieces is important as I need the work to be carefully spaced out but also connected as it is a collective and an installation piece.
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