Covering the Board

Ok this has been one of the biggest debates of my whole piece. When I was thinking about the shape I wanted for the board the pads are mounted on, I was originally thinking of having it face shaped but at the time I was still going to showcase my circles sketch. I didn’t want it to be specific to just the one sketch. I wanted to have something that was random and unexpected so came up with the idea of fake grass. I started looking into it online but discovered that the real stuff was incredibly expensive and just wasn’t going to be an option i would be able to take. I started thinking of alternatives and on a trip to Wilkinson’s found they sold bags of the stuff thats used to line hanging baskets which is basically dry grass. I then bought a green plastic chair cover to attach the grass too so it didn’t damage my pressure pads at all. Matt then spent about an hour helping me glue it with very strong adhesive which resulted in literal green fingers on our part.

However all was not well Mark said he wasn’t so sure on the covering thinking it took too much away from the piece in all honesty I wasn’t incredibly happy. It was quite late in the day and I really did have my heart set on the grass. Andy and Mark had a discussion and said that since my piece was about identity maybe recreate a bathroom scene because that is where someone looks at themselves the most. I really liked the idea and headed off to Homebase to see what tiles i could find, i was preferably looking for the retro black and white square tiles. When i got there though I hit another snag the vinyl was only available in tile format rather than on a roll meaning it would be really difficult to attach to my board. Really feeling on the verge of despair at this point my dad came up with the perfect solution. A roll of clear plastic carpet protector, which meant when laid over the top people would still be able to see the ‘guts’ of the piece. It wasn’t quite as wide as my board but that was easily solved with black duck tape to secure it and cover the white on the sides of the board.

In the end I was really pleased with the way it turned out thanks to Mark it ended up looking much better than the grass would have. It still looked as interesting as the grass would have and it made much more sense.

June 16th, 2008 - Posted in Double Project | | 0 Comments

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