#exhibition prep

[scarletwintr]

semester two; plinth painting for exhibition

[aartfailure]

Health and Safety for working with flowers

I came across this health and safety guide online that business use for there employees for working with flowers reading through it I found a lot of helpful things that I can adapt to my own practice when working with flowers such as 

For florists, the main cause of skin problems is prolonged and frequent wet work. You may suffer from sore, chapped skin or eczema. Bear in mind that skin damage is not only painful, it also looks unsightly. Help prevent damage by

-  drying your hands thoroughly with

a soft cotton or paper towel

-  moisturising after washing your

hands, as well as at the start and end of each day – make sure you don’t miss fingertips, between the fingers and wrists

-  checking regularly for early signs of dermatitis – look out for very dry or chapped skin

-  wearing gloves when possible to protect the skin, not just from routine wet work, but from harmful materials including chemicals, thorns and pesticide residue.

Make sure your tetanus protection is up to date. Roses, for example, are grown in manure-rich soil and tetanus can pass on to you and go into  your bloodstream for example if your were pricked by the thorn pricks.

cuts and scratches  can be part of the job, so make sure you keep plasters in your work space when you’re installing installations and preparing work.

Florists tend to be on their feet for most of the day. Backache, neckache and arm and wrist pains can be common. its a good idea to think about getting shock-absorbing rubber mats to stand on and use a high stool for some of your work to give your legs and feet a break doing this should help prevent aches and pains, There are lots of florist designed gadgets available to ease strain and make work more comfortable, like ergonomic shears or cutting tools. You should also think about posture – for example, simple things like adjusting your stool height to cut down how much awkward twisting or stretching across the counter you have to do, this could apply for when hanging my installation for final exhibition 

You know that some plants and flowers are poisonous so if I decide to use real flowers aswell I need to keep in mind . It’s easy to think that no- one is likely to eat them, but bear in mind how tempting red berries or wired artificial fruits are to a child and avoid using them in low level arrangements. especially when exhibiting I need to keep this in mind , in terms of safety for the audience 

[sjdart]

Getting to the final stages of setting up for the exhibition, I’m happy with how its all come together. 

This is an exploration into how we view artwork and the changing meanings when an image is reproduced. Does the value of the image decrease when a copy is made? A reproduction can be brought into a new space changing its original meaning.

The prints displayed are all copies of a collage, a subject in front of images from gallery settings. Although the prints are all reproductions of that original collage, its is an authentic print: an original artwork. Is it how we view reproductions of an image that changes its value?

[katevassallo]

I've been spending a lot of time with the artwork of @jameslieutenant lately. He's got a show opening at Canberra Contemporary Art Space on Wed 25th. I'm helping pick work and organise the hang....I'd like to think of myself as curator of the show (without the whole essay/theoretical discourse stuff that would have really dug into my summer holiday time! Lol!) but I don't know if he'd agree.

[alecstevens]

Post Seven: Royal Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery - Commission

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We set off for another trip to tunbridge. After a day shift at the cinema, Jo has the glorious job of being my chauffeur for 3.5 hours. My contribution to the journey consists of a new gadget for the car so that we can listen to our music players through the Radio.  A part of me is relieved as we had exhausted our collection of CD’s that are in the car from our previous journey. 

Now it has become tradition to go to the EXTRA,  the largest and clearly the most impressive service station that is on the circular road surrounding London. I had a dirty KFC and jo had a curry. All of your dietary requirements and dreams can be satisfied at the EXTRA.

We arrived into Tunbridge Well at about 10pm to where we were staying. Our lodgings were with Jasmine and Bridget, university buddies that have a flat in tunbridge.. It was very comfortable. The flat had hot water, fluffy blankets and most importantly wifi. Cheers Ladies.

The day began and we set off to the Museum. Tunbridge’s carpark is nasty, but I kind of love it. It’s big and it’s a series of ramps that you park on, meaning that all cards are on a slight incline, its fun to imagine them on an icy day.  We met Jasmine on the museum front Desk and Rob in the office where he was busy. I asked him about his resent trip to the north of Italy where he skied. He introduced Jo and I to the reference library where we could do research into the pub and the surrounding area and also with the photocopy machine, which is very futuristic.

Whilst within the local history section we bumped into Keith, The author of a book charting the history of Tunbridge Wells pubs. This was very lucky. Jo exchanged numbers with him. He has since contacted Jo, He likes to wake her up at 8am.

Suzie arrived and we chatted about the project and our progress over a cup of coffee. Suzie had arranged to meet with Jason, the Pub owner so our day was scheduled around this rendezvous.  Ian was in today, so we chatted and he unearthed a document containing an excavation report from a dig within the sussex arms from 1989. It listed a number of objects that are still within the museum archive that we could use as props for story telling.

The meeting with Jason was also with his entourage that consisted of a drummer, and two men that worked within the many venues that are co run by Jason within Tunbridge. The meeting was the fist contact we had with he inside depths of the building. Jason took Jo and I on a tour of the building. Into its hidden depths and into the normal parts too. Jason is a punk, he told us about all the shady happening from within the building over the years. The sussex arms was known for many years as the place to buy drugs. No longer. It is now the place for a cool night out and to listen to live music, watch cool films and to have a local beer.

The Sussex Arms Website / Gig listings

After the meeting we headed back up to the gallery / museum and checked out the exhibition space. We walked through the space as if we were walking through our exhibition.  It felt exciting doing this. Suzie told us that visitors rarely go the designated way of viewing the space, so we would need to think about the visitor experience and their route. Jo went back into the paper achieve and i worked on the exhibition poster. A sneak peek is within the images above.

I had been working on a scale model that I then displayed to suzie. She identified problems in regard to children snapping off their fingers and strangulation issues to using cords etc. I will do everything in my power to no do any harm to any living things within the exhibition.

The day ended with us chatting though issues and past stories and the next set of deadlines.  We drove back to bristol while the sun was setting.

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[abigailwrightphoto-blog]

Hi friends!

Exciting things happening !!

I am having a solo show at Studio 131 in Punxsutawney, PA with the opening reception being on Jan 28th (time TBA and will run through March 3rd. This exhibition will feature my newest series “A Goddess Within”. Which I have posted a bit about HERE & HERE if you’d like to read about it a little. I will be posting the final images within a few days that I will be exhibiting. I hope to see you all there, but if not the thesis group show will be held somewhere in Pittsburgh, PA in April.

As for the middle two photos, my dad and I are making my frames from scratch and I honestly can’t believe how good they look. He cut all the wood, is beveling the edges himself, painting them, etc. They are so cool!!!! I can’t get over it.

This entire project was truly a labor of love from picking the flowers out for each goddess, picking the fabric, physically fabricating the flower crowns, and now physically making the frames. Although this project will never truly be “finished” I feel I am at a good point right now to show everyone what I’ve been working on for essentially 1 and a half semesters and to begin thinking about other things than my thesis project.

More information to come soon!!! xoxoxo

[screamsoda]

I feel like a high-speed pendulum between inspired and nervous. 

[rebelcloudgrade10-blog]

Exhibition Prep // Feb. 26

RWL //

Computer Programming :

Tuesday/Thursday 3:30-5:00 I have my notebook to pass around and I want to make a detailed power point or poster with like basically what a command/parameter etc. is. > Learning the basics, basically how code works and how and why it's so hard to conceptualize. I really want to talk about how a lot of it is guessing and trial and error and also how a lot of it is finding patterns.

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I'm learning Processing, a programming language that is basically a simplified version of Java Script, another programming language that a lot of you have probably seen around the internet.

rect(50, 50, 50, 50); I'm basically going to break down this really simple line of code. "rect" is a "command name" or a "function" (this also workd for the command name ellipse).

Artists Talk Series :

Alice from Chicago // I want to show the books we made and talk a little about what we did. > MAYBE MAKE LITTLE BOOKS???? < > Define Biomythography < We learned about biomythography and book making and made alter egos based on what we learned.

Internship :

American Trophy - Just started, basically learning the basics of graphic design in a realistic environment. 

Project :

Project Proposal > Pinterest, Blog Posts etc. Talk about vocab and what I've learned about what programs I'll be using. Hopefully I'll have learned some stuff at my internship by then and I'll have some of my questions answered. > How am I going to be moving forward with the project.