Once all assembled decisions are being made on the surface textures and colours in patination & plating with the brooches. I do this be labelling each piece; working on 15 at a time I am able to lay them all out in front of me, working with variation I also decide the domed netting pattern, colour and stitich.
Some pieces are highly polished before the plating and patination process
Others have a simple matt finish base ready for liver of sulphur patination
I must remember to wrap and box all the highly polished pieces ready to take to the platers all organised with labels to indicate the plating metal, I don't want to acidently incur more minute scratches on the surface, they took enough time to remove!
All backs have been completed this week ready to file and polish. Due to the riots in Birmingham the school has had to close early for a couple of days so we have lost valuable working time, a little bit behind with my schedule due to this so will have to work super hard next week to catch up! Means polishing all weekend...
Electroforming is coming along better this week, luck is on my side. These pieces are to be shaped and then electroformed again for rigidity ready for patination, gold/silver wire embroidery and assemblage into the frames.
We have been setting out the props in the exhibition hall this week in our spaces and seeing if things work. Tables beside the chaise longue are for my assessment only to display my sketch books and maquetes for the Viva. I need to in keep my prop with everyone else's plinth colour so we all coordinate, as I must remember this is a group exhibition. I am thinking a sheepskin rug draped over the chaise longue to add a bit of shabby chic to the display.....??
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