The production was very stressful. The main issue came with my foiling - which was disappointing for me as I had tested this technique so many times. Despite lazer printing in black, the foil failed to stick to the text. I turned the temperature up and put the slip through many times as this is what I had learned from experience made the foil stick more but the foil still would not stick. I then tried to use the gold foil I had left over from my practices but I came out with the same result. It did create a nice speckled effect but this was not as eye-catching as I had hoped. For that reason I scrapped this from my final designs. I am still unsure about why the foil did not stick so I cannot reflect on what went wrong - perhaps I should have tested the exact paper and printer with foiling rather than assuming it would work. There was some success in the design. I chose a dark blue paper from the library as stock as this seemed to compliment the turquoise foil the best, allowing it to stand out. I conducted a couple of tests using the studio printer to see if black text would stand out enough (I did not have time to screen print white), the results were successful and the text could easily be read.
Vinyl was a new experience for me so I expected some teething issues with this. I estimated the size of the vinyl strips and created illustrator files that were the size I wanted. The print guy was able to adjust my files to the size of the vinyl, keeping them the size I wanted but also keeping my personal costs down.
My acetate poster printed well, the type stood out nicely against the wall - although an illuminous green was not available which would have stood out more. The vinyl stuck on perfectly- although the plastic sticker was tricky to remove, however a sticky residue was left over making the poster seem dirty. I decided not to try and remove this in fear of ruining the poster. Fortunately the residue is not as visible against the wall.
My final and biggest piece was reasonably successful. I was pleased as it was so large, I worried that it would not stick. I had a lot of bubbles in the backing paper and worried that this would affect the application. The texture and bumps in the wall also made this difficult. I did manage to stick the vinyl to the wall, I nearly lost some letters but thankfully the final result was successful. I developed a technique where I used a cutting knife the gently stop the letters peeling off the wall, this worked well and all the letters stayed in place. However, I did accidentally stick the text over a large bump in the wall. Fortunately, this was not an issue. I do not think I could have avoided it because of the nature of the wall I was using. I placed it by the door when you come into the studio. I felt this was the best place as I was unsure how the studio space would move around next year. There is a lot of traffic coming in and out of the door so hopefully it will be read as students walk past. It is also easy to read both parts of the text from the crit box. The letters were slightly more bumpy than I had hoped, but this was consistent with the hand made type I created. I think the result looks very similar to my mock-up so I am pleased with this piece the most. In hindsight I would have created all my final pieces in this way as final did not turn out as expensive as I expected.
Here are some photos of my work in action and my failed piece -
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