For the displaying methods I created some reference drawings of how my space would look to help me visualize where I could put my work. I found that it was difficult at first because I decided to go with shelving to put my ceramics and figurines on. This was because I wanted to create a child's bedroom space where the shelves hold all the small trinkets and toys a child has, and the three drawing pieces would represent the child-like doodles and drawings that would be hung around the bedroom. For some other inspiration for displaying I looked and the artists that influenced my work, such as Sophie Calle and Tomoya Sakai as they created art pieces with similar materials, to see how they presented their work. I did consider plinths but I preferred the shelves as they worked better with the context of my art and the table had a larger surface for my postcards and that allowed me to use a table cloth as well which I feel wouldn't really work with a plinth.
I started by painting on a fresh layer of white paint with help to make the job easier so that it could dry faster for the next day, where we would be installing the shelves. I found that the shelves where supposed to have the edges facing upwards but I wanted them to look cleaner so I managed to unscrew the metal slots on the back of them and flip them. When installing the shelves I made some paper strips that I put the measurements off where the screws would be inserted into the wall, for the shelves to slot onto and then thickness and length of each shelf as I had a small, a medium and a large shelf requiring all different measurements.
We managed to get them screwed onto the wall after making a several adjustments as some were a bit higher. I then measured out where my drawings would go using the shelves and reference and a spirit level and decided to go with nails to attach, as they were only paper drawings not carrying much weight. I did find that the paper was crinkled which was an issue even after I weighed them down previously so next time I will use a plastic case to avoid this in the future.
For the table display I borrowed a small square table from the studio and used a table cloth the cover the surface so that the paint and marks on it wouldn't be visible. I found I had too many postcards to fit on the table so selected a smaller amount and placed them in a nice layout, with my artist statement and the other statement I attached to the wall for the shelves.
And lastly I chose an over head spotlight for the lighting, as I previously wanted a standing one to capture the casting shadows of the figures on the shelves, but I found that this would obstruct the table display and if it was angled the lighting wouldn't show the drawings very well. Furthermore, the overhead would be out of the way and look like a bedroom like which I found I definitely preferred.
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