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March 13, 2008
to do
Here is the list of things that need to get done before I deliver my work to the museum on the 24th:
-finish two large prints (really only an hour or two of work, tops, just a few more layers of solid colour for the most part) one is finished and two others are close, I just need to print them one more time and then decide which of the two I'm using
-print a map legend (letterpress);for this I still need to get downtown and buy paper and carve a couple of little lino blocks (or make photopolymer plates if I can remember how to use the platemaker) I decided to use type-high lino blocks after all, I can't be bothered to deal with our ancient and temperamental platemaker when I'm on a deadline
-silkscreen 20 tags (done), then fill them out (with typewriter and date stamp)
-clean out cabinets (done), sand, paint
-build a little table for the cabinets to rest on (not as big a project as it sounds)(still need to pick up materials)
-assemble hanging system for prints (need to buy pvc pipe, dowel)(can't finish this until book cloth order comes in)
-make 20 books (again, not as big a job as it sounds, probably two full days work)(need to buy paper for this too) I'm waiting for a paper delivery for some other books and have decided to skim off some of that paper for this rather than pay the ridiculous local prices
-and of course continue to print, wear and document dresses until the last day, March 23 (last day before delivery of work)
I also have to make an extra dress to wear the first week after the project ends, to help me transition. And finish some of the other prints I've been working on so that I have something new to show at the Southern Graphics conference, which starts two days after the work goes to the museum. Then when I get back from the conference I'll have a week to make my dress for the opening. And THEN, I'm going to sleep for two days straight.
Here are the tags I silkscreened, not yet filled in:
I'm going down to the faculty lounge tomorrow to use the typewriter to fill these in so they'll look like they came out of an old library. Then I'll stamp the dates in the spaces. These will go in a grid in the lower corner of one of the maps in place of a legend. Here's the schematic I sent to the museum of how it's all going to come together:
The cabinet in the centre is going to be smaller than shown, about 15 inches wide. There are twenty drawers, and in each drawer will be a dress and a book. I've also got some little cards viewers can take that will direct them to this website so that they can view this phase of the project. What's going into the museum is just the artifacts, neatly categorized.
Posted by jodi at March 13, 2008 04:47 PM | categories: the rules