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Sunday, September 17, 2006

arrrr.....
i am hoping to get some responses. i am in a bit of a pickle. i am trying to figure out what to do about my thesis show. i want it to be awesome creative and me.
i put up some work in red kite studio and got some interesting responses. i am now in the heavy thinking stage and wanting to go insain. i put up three different ways of showing my work. one was the coyote, which i think most of you saw at starlander that was 20x24 and had the wood frame. the next was a diyptech attached to foam core and then hung. the last was a smaller image of the blue boy and pink girl in a 10x13 shadow box, barn wood type frame. now hearing people talk i need to figure out what to do. i invited some professors and their response was that the work looked like it was done by three different people and that since my work is somewhat random that i needed to have the consistancy in my framing style. i am not sure what to think about that. on the one hand i love having my work be random and everytime you look you get something new and it might catch you off guard or give you a different feeling. on the other hand is it good for people to be able to at least recognize a similar style to my pieces. i love that everyone finds something different about my images that they like or can relate too. but is it better to narrow down or go crazy with the idea that each of my images is different. my first thought was to have each image follow its own style with the framing. or do i make at least the wood of the frames match? i dont know yet.
i am just in a lost for what is truely me. i am interested in what others think about this idea, and if they have seen it work or fail. i will in the end discover what is the jade quality and roll with it but for now i just want to hear other peoples opinions .

thanks jade

posted by J @ 7:04 PM

3 Comments:

At 8:37 PM, J said…

i say keep the frames consistent and let the randomness of the images speak for themselves.

peace
sarah
At 8:10 PM, Al Fuller said…

At the very least stick with the same moulding if you're going to use different frames. You're work is already quirky and kind of random enough that I think throwing in too much more randomness (even with frame) could take it over the top and make it feel totally random.
At 8:03 PM, J said…

thanks guys for commenting
has anyone seen any really cool framed shows lately
i know the work is more important. but we all look at that.
i really appreciate your comments.
i went and talked with some people today
i hope it is not crazy for the frames. i am at the bottom of the piggy bank. does anyone else know what i am talking about?
much love, jade