Preparing for the Exhibition

For the last week I have been preparing all my work for the exhibition. I had decided that I wanted backgrounds to create the sense of three different worlds housing three different creatures. I have designed and painted these backgrounds to compliment the models for each section and I think they worked pretty well. The problem with painting them was that the plinths were delayed in arriving and I didn't know what sizes to do them. I designed them so that I could extend or cut them down if I needed to. When the plinths arrived I found that I needed to cut two down and extend the other. I chose the woodland scene for the widest plinth because it was the easiest to extend and had the most to fill the space. The other two worked very well cut down and they all look very neat cut mounted onto foam board and temporarily attached to the plinths to practice the set-up. I thought that I needed to dress the sets a bit to add context, help bring the background into the space and connect it to the models. I have found some sticks for the woodland scene, small machine parts for the machine scene and some everyday objects that I can use. I think they do help with the overall effect and work very well.