Strong progress and working to plan...

I've been happy with progress over the last few days on production of my final exhibition piece...

High-level Gantt chart of production towards the final exhibition piece (at w/c 25/04/2016).

The wireframe substrate was completed on time (Monday 25th April) and I'm now into the next phase of production, that is, to create a base fill layer of absorbent paper.

 The chosen material for the base fill layer is thick domestic wall 'lining' paper.  However, I think that on reflection of the first application, the specific manufacturer of the roll I obtained, seems to have created a rather un-absorbent version, and perhaps it may be too thick as the malleability of this paper, even when soaked in paste overnight, is rather too rigid.  Therefore, I switched to a 'news-print' thickness of paper once this initial batch had been used up. 

So a much looser paper strip mixture has been utilised and is filling just as well.  The 'newsprint' paper is the same type used on the original maquette, and so this experiment,- to use a thicker style domestic lining paper was 'successful', in as much as it proved the decision to not use it!

Conclusions;

Keeping up the strong production routine has been difficult at times as the usual balance of theory (i.e. reading Georges Bataille at the moment, combined with the ongoing studies of Nietzsche and Heidegger, (more on them, coming in this blog very soon!), have meant long days in the workshop and some equally long evenings of study.  But I'm thoroughly enjoying both, so it's a good feeling that I'm having, being one of a kind of meditative contemplation and satisfaction at the same time.  Onwards,ever onwards....