Well, that was quite a week.

Monday brought sweat, come Wednesday it was blood; and now I’m wondering when the tears will arrive. Anyway, enough with the dramatics.

I managed to get some tests in of my book covers at the beginning of the week, although the actual covers have yet to be etched. The screen-grabs show the designs (done in Illustrator).

Monday & Tuesday were incredibly productive construction days, and I managed to get all the MDF cut down, as well as made a start on gluing & drilling. One thing that was quickly apparent was that the diameters of the bamboo varied (of course), so adjustments to the approach were needed. Multiple drill bits of different diameters for one, along with the necessity for sanding potentially (hence Wednesday’s incident).

Wednesday, well, that was covered in the prior blog post.

Thursday I managed to get the cartridge paper & tissue paper cut down to size - and I’m very grateful for the help Becky & Niamh provided. These large sheets were hard to handle with two hands, let alone one.

Friday saw the cutting of the buckram down to size, along with a full scale test of the banner/wall segment. It was then that I discovered how ugly the tissue paper/cartridge paper looked - mainly due to the fact that the tissue paper came in sheets, not rolls.

I’m now looking into using other materials - tracing paper, buckram, crepe paper, as they either come on rolls, or large enough sheets that do not require tiling. Both the buckram itself, along with the tracing paper, look rather good just hanging on their own.

Things on my to-do list include: drafting & creating the presentation booklet (A3), doing a detailed sketch of the final design, in-situ if possible (using Photoshop perhaps, or some other method). Also explore different arrangements of the installation for increased accessibility.