weekly smudge 5-9-07

This week is going to be very brief, i have my market on Saturday in Scone in the Hunter Valley NSW. I have to say that as i write this i am in a mild state of panick. We are due to leave tomorrow morning and i am yet to pack any clothes for either myself or the kids and that is just a minor thing on the list.


I still have to arrange:

• my printed portfolio for display,
• various bits of signage (which i am just going to print off on a laser printer),
• gather bits and pieces i need for the day
• cut, hinge and attach mats on 15 works some of which are going into frames,
• prepare a sheet for people to leave their email address or actual address for visitors who want more information or receive updates of my work,
• print out various bits of info i had planned to have available on commissions and coloured pencil artworks ,
• create and attach labels for the backs on artwork
  
• also create price labels
• and for the piece that is going into the show add my details for that
• updating my "work reference sheet" so i can see what works i have on display, what sells what medium they are etc etc(as i may have help at the market)
• plus i am sure there is more i am just forgetting.
  

This week has flown by, my time was taken up which was supposed to be spent doing all this stuff had to be used on actual design / web work so yes i am having a bit of a mental freak out LOL.

The rest of this afternoon i will finish off testing out my new mat cutter and ruler and getting the artworks sorted out (i think i am up for a late night).
So anyway atm my head is in the framing world which i am very new to but i am learning. Yesterday I picked up my framed horses eye, pear and white horse from the framers (gosh you just reminded me i have to take some pics of them framed!!) anywho... while they look ok i have to admit they dont jump out at me like i was expecting them to. I think i just didnt choose the right frame, and was totally influenced and daunted by the framers advice (i never really had anything framed before). As a result, i have decided unless its a specific thing that i cant do i i will just do my own mats and buy premade frames. This is also influenced by cost. My artwork at this time is not demanding extremely high prices, and adding another $80- per piece minimum for framing doesn't really help anyone. Anyway, all in all i am taking it all as a learning lesson and have researched framing for myself

So for this week i am going to leave with you some framing links i have come across. Alot of them have free tutorials which are great :)

FrameCo - online video talking about framing and matt cutting showing you how.
Framing 4 Yourself.com - Step by Step showing you various framing techniques
Pawleewurx - More step by step instructions - he also has artwork and other interesting articles i will have to check out another time.

Ok, so i did say that I going to be brief, i just cant help myself can i... back to the matt cutting sigh.....