So, I have an affirmation, “I am a great, warrior artist”. To say to myself that I’m a great artist means that I cannot denigrate the quality of my work. To say to myself that I’m a warrior means that I must persist with no whining allowed. In this case, we have “Michellin Pop” the piece I did recently that is displayed on my “pop art” page. I blew it on the square corners, and my angles were off by quite a bit, 3 eights of an inch. Ooops. What to do? First I took the art back home with me and tried to figure out a way to make the angles of the edges correct, but couldn’t.
I had a frame I wanted to put the art into, and I wanted it matted, but the framer and I first decided that we’d float the picture instead of matting it. They would tilt the picture ever so slightly, to cover up for the deficient square edges….but, that didn’t work, after one effort as the framer said the frame was too small, and we needed more space for this illusion to work. Ok, then, I said let’s do a bigger frame. I once again took the art home, and tore off a bit of the deckled edge, to help get the art looking a bit more squared off…..and, I didn’t really feel this was a piece to float, or to show the deckled edges either.
The cost now had quadrupled, and I knew I wasn’t going to really like the look of this, so I once again took the art home and this time I added a bit to all four edges to square those edges, although each part I added was, in effect, a long triangle.
I brought the art back to the framer, and he said it was now good enough to cut a mat for, and that illusion of clean edges and 90 degree angles would be intact.
Today I came to pick it up with great anticipation, and found this: the framer’s assistant cut the mat too close to the image, cutting off small parts of it. No good!!!
The warrior persists: let’s do it again! This piece WILL look great, as great art must, and the warrior will be victorious!!!