Week 12

Props

Who could have thought that making a single prop would be so difficult. When taking on the job of creating the giant pencil props for the exhibition I thought that the task would be farely simple. I was wrong!

The prop itself looks good but I still haven't started painting it. The majority of the paper machet is done, but sections had to be re-done as the paper had bubbled up. I have no doubt that I will have two finished pencil props by the time we have to set the exhibition up. Now that I have had the experience of making one I hope that the next will be a lot easier to make.

The last layer of paper machet is drying as I type this, so I am hoping to paint the majority of it this afternoon. I will upload pictures of my progress.

Rota

Me and another member (Dan) of the exhibition team were asked to produce a time sheet for the class so that they could list the times and dates that they wanted to work at the exhibition. We have a preliminary rota and I now have to simplify it so that we know exactly how many people we will have working each day. When I have done this I will send it off to the group leader to be approved and finalised.

This is my final portfolio which I had wire bound. I am very pleased with the outcome and the whole design looks quite smart and professional. I chose to bind my portfolio with the wire because it gives the portfolio a sketchbook like appearance and finishes the whole thing off nicely. I chose the black wire to fit in with the colours of the design.

I have also finalised my Business card. I have kept the design simple my using the brand image on the front side, with a small text label of my name. The back has been de-cluttered and I have scraped all of the un-neccesary symbols and colour blocks.

I feel as though I have made a good contribution to the exhibition module so far and I am looking forward to seeing how the exhibition will look when we open in a few weeks time. By then I will have my props finished and boards of my work will be printed, ready for hanging. Between now and the exhibition my tasks are to complete the props, finalise the exhibition rota and to set up the exhibition.

I have enjoyed the module so far and I hope that the exhibition is a success. I am happy with the brand I have created for my PDP elements and think that these will help me to promote myself and my work when it comes to finding employment.